what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

My sister took that photo on May 8, 2010. I know now what I knew then. 

I took this photo on January 18, 2026. I didn’t know then what I know now.  

This phantom nostalgia postcard thing is about retrospect, hindsight and perspective. 

In the 5,734 days since my sister took that photo, I’ve gained some perspective on a couple things. Looking back it’s easy to ask questions like “what if?” recalling that fork in the road and that other fork too and the one after that as well. Wondering why I took the ones less travelled by? 

But not dwelling too long, moving on. Just giving a respectful, subtle head tilt to a fellow messenger on the road, the one less travelled by. 

Put a stamp on it, call it a postcard and let it go bro... 

Well, I know now what I knew then

Yeah, I know now what I knew then

Yeah, I know now what I knew then

But I didn't know then what I know now 

"Jesus Christ was an only child"

--Modest Mouse

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I know what I know, if you know what I mean, d-doo yeah

the red keg cup

In 1972 riding the Mediterranean coast into Nice my uncle came to a fork in the road. Left fork was a coastal tour. Right was the quick car route down a 7-9% grade into Nice town center. He took the car route and on the downhill his tubular came unglued, he crashed and spent 6 months in a coma. At the time my parents were road tripping visiting my aunt and uncle in all white Boise Idaho from all black East Cleveland. My mom used the remaining funds to fly to Nice for my uncles convalescence and that’s how we ended up in Idaho. Had my uncle taken the left fork i wouldn’t be writing this.

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