So, I’ve decided to do an art/history project of some sort that’ll be a mixture of photography and personal memoir (hey, I’m a historian after all). The subject will be my old hometown of Marshall, Michigan, and I’ll be doing the bulk of the photography over the next two months or so, at least while I’m still teaching my summer course at WMU.

As a preview, and well, just because I like the picture, I thought I would toss this up on the blog. It’s the front porch area of my Grandpa’s house just outside Marshall, and it evokes, I think, the style I’m going for. And boy, I have some great memories about that rock.