INTRODUCTION

Maybe I should have titled this journal, “Searching through sixty-five, plus, years of photos to find moments that made up my life”. However, “Cat Smoke”, seems to be more fitting. It’s a word I made up at a young age, and is still relevant today.

The dates of entries will be out of order as I go through the boxes of photos. They will be put in order with time. I am curious as to how big a pile of negatives and reference photos, for my drawings and paintings, I will have when I open the last box.

Memories are what life is made of.

Cathy