My turn: Comfortable sticking with tradition

It doesn't surprise you to hear me say I love tradition. As much as I love change and movement… I also love classics. Taking a close look at myself, I think I'm just comfortable walking a few steps behind the times.

I stay with old music. I love the old hymns best … the poetic wording, the glorious melodies. And I love pop music that was well before my time. Doris Day and Frank Sinatra really make me smile.

I'm bad at the gadgets, and it's pretty close to unbelievable that I can actually get words and photos onto a website.

Anyway, just thinking how much I love the new senior pictures. Oh my. The fun poses, the fun clothes, the fun locations. High school seniors have such a good time these days. The style changed just as I was graduating in the early 80s. A few people were launching into this trend, but not I. Oh no. I never even dreamed of it. I went right down to Bingham's on my scheduled day, chose the background and chose the white fur stole, tilted my head in a few different directions and that was that.

I'm so glad. I really love being associated with that era. But hats off to today's photographers. What creativity.

Sandy keeps an online journal at her website www.field-days.com. E-mail her at [email protected].