By Eilene Lyon This is another artifact from my teen years in Guatemala. The painting on top of the handmade wooden box has chipped away in places, but depicts Volcán de Agua and Lake Atitlán. To give you an idea of the size, it's just under 5 inches wide. The secret lies in knowing how... Continue Reading →
The Slide Years: Winter Once More
By Eilene Lyon The Slide Years is a series in which I select an image my dad took from 1957-1982 with Kodachrome slide film, then I write a stream-of-consciousness essay – a sort of mini-memoir. Nothing says "Welcome to OHIO!" like a blizzard. We'd just spent three and a half years in the "Land of... Continue Reading →