September 1974 and September 1984

This is me on top of Sleeping Giant State Park in September 1974, getting ready to start my first year of college at the University of New Haven. 

Forty years ago.

I remember taking this picture. It doesn't seem like yesterday, but it sure doesn't seem like forty year ago either.

That dark stuff on my face was the makings of a beard that never really grew.

This picture was taken in Lima Peru when I visited there in September of 1984. I remember that tie pin, in fact, I even remember that tie.