Sunday, August 18, 2013

The passage of time -- four sisters photographed every year for decades


As James Taylor sang, the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The book Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters. Thirty-Three Years catalogues the photographer's extraordinary project in which he photographed 4 sisters every year for 33 years, capturing the passage of time. Click here to see all the photos. Amazing!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Even in death, Wisconsin couple indivisible

An amazing story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel begins, "It was just after midnight, and Diane Pawlak sat in the intensive care unit at her husband's bedside — the man she married nearly 62 years ago when she was just 19. The man who worked for 41 years at Miller Brewery to support their five sons. The man she spent so many days with — at their Bay View bungalow, at their wooded Crandon getaway.

"Goodbye, Jerry," she said as she held his hand. "You can go."

Then she clutched her chest, slumped back in her chair.

"I knew right away she was gone," said her son Jerry. He went to the emergency room with her, where a doctor confirmed what he and his brother already knew. To read more, click here...