The Bloom of Innocence

I was asked three times if the little picture on this site was my high school picture. I'm astonished that some may think that is what I looked like at 17 years of age, and that readers apparently have very poor eyesight. It is very easy to hide wear & tear in a picture that small. Here is the real HS picture of a less jaded, less world-weary young pepper sprout at 17. If I knew then what I know now.....oh, who am I kidding, I'd make the same mistakes all over again.