November 9th, 2011

Happy birthday to my dad, born on this date in 1942. To him and to my mother, I owe everything good in my life; to him I also owe my penchant for pestering, needling, and the other “Teutonic” forms of humor my mother, and now Abby, must endure. A consistent pattern of our interactions is captured in that second photograph, taken by mom: one of us reading, the other interrupting.

Congratulations to Tragos for actually wishing him a happy birthday before I did!

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dad family photography
  1. tragos said: Mills, I have a 10 hour advantage on you, forget not!
  2. lacey said: I don’t throw around this compliment much - but you were such a cute baby!
  3. littlepotato said: i am just so lucky and so damn happy to be a part of this family! happiest of birthdays to you, roger!
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Aporia is written by Mills Baker and concerns art, culture, love, philosophy, memory, history, and more. A selection of better posts has been assembled. It's been featured on Tumblr Tuesday and is listed in the Spotlight, but it pines for its youth as a coloring book.