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I shot these photos in 1980. Finally posted them in 2016. Monday, November 7, 2016 Today is Election Eve in the United States - tomorrow we will elect a new president. Here are photos from another election eve - in 1980! At the time, I was working in the PR department at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Granite City, Illinois. We heard that morning that President Jimmy Carter was going to be in town during the day for a rally. (Why his campaign thought Granite City would b

I grew up in San Francisco's East Bay area, in the 1950s. My early memories are of orchards, vineyards and farm fields that grew every kind

"'Tis an ill wind indeed, that blows no good." - William Shakespeare For all the pain and suffering brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also brought some unexpected blessings. One of those is that many people discovered gardening in 2020. A lot of them were stuck at home, either working remotely or laid off, and needed to find something to do that was soothing, safe and got them out of the house. Some had children at home who ordinarily would be at school. They need