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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM

Afterglow, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 17, 2009
Afterglow, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 17, 2009

The chaperone

Let's call this one "The chaperone"

The chaperone, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 17, 2009
The chaperone, City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM, February 17, 2009

Night camp

Site 14 - City of Rocks State Park, Faywood NM

Over Fifty

Some of this has been painful for me, but it's all been wildly instructive. And it convinced me that nearly every person over fifty should try to find a time to sit down and engage in the same exercise, even if you never intend to publish anything. You need to think about what really meant something to you. Who did you really love. Who really made you what you are. What the seminal events did. And also it's an incredible discipline. Because I found it shocking to me what I remember and what I don't. It's shocking to me what I can remember factually and how hard it is for me to be absolutely sure about how I felt at the time. You know, how did I feel when I was 16? I don't really know.

Bill Clinton, on writing his memoir, in an interview with James Fallows, the Atlantic Monthly

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