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By Michael J. Vowles Posted on August 6, 2021

Preserving the Past Part 2: My Photo-Taking Craze During the Last Year of School

In my last post I wrote about my obsession with preserving memories by making time capsules for the future. I focused on the scrapbooks and journals I made toward the … Continue reading Preserving the Past Part 2: My Photo-Taking Craze During the Last Year of School

Categories: PersonalTags: Introvert, Personal, Photography, School
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on August 3, 2021

Preserving the Past Part 1: Revisiting the Scrapbooks I Made in Primary School

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had an obsession with preserving the past and a fear of losing it. Like many kids, I used to fantasize about … Continue reading Preserving the Past Part 1: Revisiting the Scrapbooks I Made in Primary School

Categories: PersonalTags: Childhood, Creativity, Memory, Nostalgia, School, Scrapbook
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on July 22, 2021

Dragon Cards & the Onset of Adolescence

Like most kids I went through a series of phases. I had my Pokémon phase, my gelled-up hair phase, my building-things phase, et cetera. At age eleven I had my … Continue reading Dragon Cards & the Onset of Adolescence

Categories: PersonalTags: Adolescence, Dragons, Drawing, Personal, School
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on November 11, 2020

The Park: A History of the Headquarters of My Youth

I stopped near the end of my loop. By which I mean: I didn’t stop walking, but I stopped unpacking the present. For a brief yet significant moment, I existed in the past. And in that brief moment, there were twenty years.

Categories: PersonalTags: Childhood, Geography, Nostalgia, Personal, School, Self-growth
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on August 28, 2019

15 Things I Miss From My Childhood

I want to break up the stream of essay-style posts and pursue a more creative approach to blogging- be it in the form of lists or prose poems or whatever. … Continue reading 15 Things I Miss From My Childhood

Categories: PersonalTags: Childhood, Memory, Nostalgia, Personal, School
By Michael J. Vowles Posted on June 1, 2019June 28, 2019

Rough Books

I was at work the other day when I was suddenly struck by a shift in conversation between two of my colleagues. One of them had recently moved house, and … Continue reading Rough Books

Categories: PersonalTags: Anxiety, Dragon, Memory, Personal, School
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