I love these old photos of my parents and brother under the bright California sky in the days before my birth. My father in his Dartmouth T-shirt, even though he was now a (still French) Californian. My mother was beautiful with her long braid and her hippish blouse that barely conceal the baby bump beneath the fabric. My birthday is January 1st and I would be born, alas too early for the tax deduction! I did manage to be the first baby of the New Year in Santa Monica, and got my photo in the paper!
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
