18 September 2014

Throwback Thursday — May 1979

Yes, this was me in May 1979. I was 30 years old, and I was living in Urbana, Illinois, where I was a teaching and research assistant in the French Department at the University of Illinois. In September of that year, I would leave for a year in France, which would turn into three years. In 1981, I would meet Walt there, and the rest is history.


Look at that hair! It was the end of the 1970s, after all. This was the look of people like James Taylor and Francis Cabrel, two of my favorite singers in those days. Long hair was partly a political statement back then, and it was partly a budget issue — I told myself I couldn't really afford frequent haircuts. I do remember going to get my hair cut in the spring of 1980 or '81 near where I was living at Les Halles (rue Montorgueil) in Paris and deciding, on the spur of the moment, to get it all cut off. That was the end of that period in my life.

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  1. Yup....
    James Taylor!
    Where's the "gitar"...

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  2. I understand what you are saying about your hair defining a period of your life. I went from long curly hair, to mohawk, to ponytail and then very conservative, about the same time we stopped going to bars.

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  3. Ken - 79 was my year of 3 months in San Francisco on a period of bike racing. We saw the remnants of the 70s throughout the city of flower power. We are back to France very soon and have booked our favorite apartment off rue Montorgueil in Paris.

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    1. Hello Leon, is it rue Marie-Stuart ? Would be appropriate for today... See you and Sue soon.

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  4. I would love to hear how you and walt met.

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    1. anne marie, that's a story for another day... and a long one.

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  5. It's always fun to see these throw-back photos :)

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  6. Wish I had known you then! "Those were the days my friend" but they did end.

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  7. You're so handsome--I've always been a softie for long hair on men. Molly hates it. Generation gap, for sure.

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  8. At least you still have hair, even if it's no long no longer.

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    1. Hi Cheryl, I think you're right. Even if the hair is now short and white...

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