Elizabeth,
I was reading through some of these letters and realized that they’re severely lacking photos. I’d thought to paste a few into my original self-introduction letter, but then couldn’t narrow the photos down to only a few, so instead I’ve decided to throw a bunch together here — your little “taking a trip back in time through Dad’s photos” collage.
I’ve added captions, and they’re all clickable in case you’d like to enlarge them.
Enjoy!
Me as a baby
Me as a baby
Elementary school yearbook photo
Elementary school yearbook photo
5th grade yearbook photo
High school ID, freshman year
With my father at his house in Skykomish, WA — age 17
Late-teens to very early-20s (I’d just woken up; Grandma Stewart took it.)
At a cabin with friends for the weekend (Yes, I was driving the limo.) — age 20
Me with Lisa Loeb and Dweezil Zappa on a harbor cruise, Seattle, late-1997 (age 22)
With my first local friends in Taipei, 1998
With Minnie Mouse, at a friend’s restaurant in Taipei, 1998
With a friend’s baby daughter — age 24ish (I’d shaved my head for a Brazilian jujitsu class.)
After getting my first pair of glasses (early 2000)
At the Skagit Tulip Festival — 2000/1ish
2001ish?
My painful experiment with black hair (2002)
At an old friend’s wedding with two very lucky ladies
Monkeying around with Sam, at his parents’ house in Santa Cruz, Thanksgiving 2002
One of my favorite selfies, taken at a little cafe in Danshui when I lived out there.
Outside Bossa Nova, at Qian Shui Wan, Sanzhi (2006)
Rowing across Sun Moon Lake, Chinese New Year 2006
Checking out (and thoroughly enjoying) the opening of the first Coldstone in Tianmu (Taipei City)
Philosophizing over a cold Hoegaarden, my longtime favorite beer, with Sean, my favorite non-shoe-wearing treehugger colleague, at Alleycat’s Tianmu, another longtime favorite
Sightseeing in Yilan, 2006
Cycling at Dongshan River Water Park, at the 2007 Yilan Children’s Folklore & Folkgames Festival
Cooling off with a sour plum juicesicle, in Yilan, 2007
Sporting my new tailored suit (required attire when I was teaching at the hospital)
Uncle Ron, me, Uncle Terry (L to R) visiting Grandma Stewart at Swedish Medical Center, 2007
A little sitting meditation while visiting Glacier National Park, 2008
Running the pub quiz at Alleycat’s Tianmu
Monkeying around at Snoqualmie Falls, with Grandma Stewart and Uncle Terry (2010)
Alki Beach, Seattle (2010)
Having a few laughs with Grandma Stewart, at Lincoln Park in West Seattle, 2010
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