I found this Main Street photo of my hometown in Burke, South Dakota. I wanted to create a parallel universe of sorts, playing with the way our memories fade and shift.
This photo was taken way before my time. However, because of family stories and photographs, it’s somehow familiar to me…even with a vintage wallpaper sky and a black and white tiled road. I didn’t get too far in my cleaning and sorting project. Oh well, the mess will still be there tomorrow.
Very nice! Days of Future Past. to borrow from the Moody Blues.. Have you ever read any of the poetry of B. H. Fairchild ?
I will check out Fairchild’s poetry. Thank you for the reminder of the Moody Blues reference. Days of Future Past captures what I was attempting.
Did you have family in Gregory, SD?
My family is in Burke—only eight miles from Gregory. Do you have family in the area?
No. We knew a Lillibridge family that lived in Gregory. My mother was good friends with Marce. She and her husband, Laurell lived in Murdo for a while. He was a banker. When he died at age 36 of a heart attack, Marce moved to Gregory for a while. Her mother and a brother, Hal lived there. I’m not sure if Laurell was from there.
Of course, that was before my time and I forgot they lived in Gregory. Marce was married to great uncle, Laurel—my grandfather’s brother.