Saturday, September 17, 2011

Culmen ’79

Yesterday, I discovered my high-school yearbook online—not for the school I attended, mind you, but the one I would have, had we not moved back to Canada after grade five. I must’ve spent the better part of a lost afternoon looking up old friends, checking out the talent, and wondering where I might’ve fit amongst its 288 pages. Were there a word for this odd strain of nostalgia, it would almost certainly have to be foreign, perhaps a mouthful of those wonderful German consonants that catch in the back of your throat as you attempt to describe the indescribable.
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16 comments:

  1. Roy SchulzeJuly 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    Added to ABC Wednesday.

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  2. MerylJuly 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    Here's to catching up with childhood friends!!!

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  3. Roger Owen GreenJuly 31, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    My real HS yearbook is online. Fortunately, most people don't know where!

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. Leslie:July 31, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    Gee, I wonder if mine is online - horrid photo I wouldn't want anyone to see!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  5. BerowneJuly 31, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    I didn't have a high-school yearbook. Photography hadn't as yet been invented...

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  6. WandaJuly 31, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    It's so much fun looking up a year book and seeing those friends you knew. I've been to several Class Reunions, and they can be a lot of fun. This year we are attending my husband's 55 year class reunion.

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  7. Paula Scott Molokai Girl StudioJuly 31, 2012 at 3:27 PM

    That must've been such an odd sensation-how our lives can change in it's path from what may seem so insignificant at the time!

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  8. The PoetJuly 31, 2012 at 5:08 PM

    Hello.
    I don't have a yearbook, but I'm sure it's fun catching up with old school pals Thanks for sharing.

    The Confidence Of A Man

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  9. JoyJuly 31, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    I've only seen yearbooks as a plot device in old crime series which seem to consist of just a row of photographs while the criminal master mind/serial killer/blackmailer etc is identified. The real life version looks much more livelier. Guess the next step for you is to browse through the Scotch Plain Times.
    Joy - ABC Team

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  10. RajeshAugust 1, 2012 at 12:06 AM

    Here comes interesting memories.

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  11. Sharp Little PencilAugust 1, 2012 at 1:05 AM

    Interesting thought... where you might have graduated. I used to pray my parents would move so I could have a fresh start, but turns out I'm in touch with lots of friends from my old school.

    See, this is a great post because it brought out so many comments with such nostalgia.... Thanks! Peace, Amy
    http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/07/31/canvas-wwp-abc-poets-united/

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  12. Black Jack's CarolAugust 1, 2012 at 5:46 PM

    There was no yearbook in my day, and fortunately, no class photos posted on line that I could find from my graduating year. Wonderful, though, that you had such a pleasant time thinking back.

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  13. AnnAugust 1, 2012 at 6:13 PM

    I doubt mine is online--but I do have my yearbooks. Sometimes I just pick them up and see what people did with their lives.
    Ann

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  14. Come Away With MeAugust 1, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    Yes, I'm certain there has to be a German word for that sort of nostalgia! You've got me wondering if my yearbooks might be online...maybe someone has done that by now.

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  15. Chubskulit RoseAugust 1, 2012 at 11:28 PM

    That would be cool to find your yearbook online. We don;t have that in my country! Catching up with ABC.

    C is for...
    Rose, ABC Wednesday Team

    PS.. COMMENTS makes me happy!

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