40 years ago

50 years ago

These days I look like this

 
How This Man Ages

There is this thing going on over on Facebook where people are running photos of themselves now and 10 years ago. I thought I'd do that one (or two, or three ...) better by plotting this old man's progression (regression?) over a span that's a bit more.

30 years ago

It begins in 1946 with the little red-headed baby with the beret, born six months earlier at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville. That's basically 75 years ago, breaking the spell of 10 years at a time, but it's timely, so to speak. 

60 years ago

Herewith are photos marking time in mostly 10-year increments, showing the aging of a guy who fought that process every step of the way.

Here is a progression beyond the baby (shown at the bottom of this post): 

10-At the Taubman Museum with my grandgirl.

20 years ago

20-At a trade show with the Blue Ridge Business Journal, which I edited.

75 years ago

30-Hiking at Alta Mons in Montgomery County.

40-on a boat in the Bahamas asking for another beer (pre-AA days).

50-Column head shot at the Asheville Citizen as a sports writer.

60-High school jock in an oddball pose, wearing his flat-top haircut.