Introduction to Keeper of the Green Flame

In this great future called life, you can’t forget your past;

Bob Marley

I've heard it said that our parents are the keepers of our histories. 

After my parents died within the past five years, my siblings chose me to be the chronicler of the Green family history, the keeper of our flame.

I was the natural choice, as I have been a professional photographer for the past 24 years. The gravity of the role mixed with the leaden weight of my grief has made it a difficult task as each time I opened a box, I was faced with questions or the renewed feeling of loss. 

Now that my children are nearly grown (one is still in college), I know it is time to put the pieces together for the next generation.

This blog will be a documentation of this process- the sifting and organizing of countless photographic images, negatives and documents.

My quest is to take all of this and put it into a form that is easy to view and share with or without the use of a computer.

I'll give myself a year which seems a fair amount of time to look back in order to go forward...