The Original Status Update

Back in the days before there was Facebook, or Twitter, or blogging, if you wanted to let people know what you were up to, you had to WORK at it.

That's my dad, a little over 25 years ago, outside his family home near St. Cloud, Minnesota. His mom asked him to paint the place, he didn't quite finish.

That stunt landed him in the local newspaper in July of 1973. A month later the photo was included in a cover story in TIME magazine and eventually it become the title of a book by Peg Meier of photos reviewing Minnesota's seasonal past.

So if you wonder where I get my showmanship from, that gives you a pretty good idea.

Today is my Dad's birthday. It's hot where I am, Dad, but we don't have a lake here so I hope you'll go out in the boat for me.

Happy Birthday.

Love,
-Tom