Place In Time

After some brainstorming I have decided on a few topics that would be interesting to write about. My first idea is when my mother and father met and got married. I know this may sound cliche but I really have no idea about the subject. The only thing that I know is that it was in Clearfield, Utah. Obviously since they are my parents and them meeting is important to my being here I want to learn more about it. I also care to learn more about it because I feel that it is pretty sad that I can not say much else about it. I think from what i can remember that there story is pretty interesting. I know that they grew up 3 blocks apart and never knew one another. You would think that the story would be they were high school sweethearts but it's not and that would be interesting to learn more about. I think someone would want to know the atmosphere and development of their meeting, and what they were thinking.

My other possible topic is a culture that my father always spoke about that I want to learn more about. He was an avid metal detecter. (Yes, it is a popular hobby.) He took me out metal detecting with him on several occasions so I began to care about the hobby. (Of course, I used to think I was only used to dig up the coins while he would locat. That soon changed.) Now the event that would occur prior to my birth is the club meetings that he would attend. He told me about a particular place in Utah (I will have to look up the location), that would host a coin collecting club. After seeing all the coins that he got at that club and metal detecting it became something I wanted to learn about and discover more. He told me about his yearly membership and how he would go to these meetings where there presentations, raffles and games. I think he won a Standing Liberty Silver Dollar there before. His favorite part was the giant yard they had in the back. I think he said that once a month they would hide coins(pennies, dimes, and quarters mostly) in the back. They would let everyone in attendence go search for them. They did put about 3-5 rare coins to the lucky finders. I think someone would want to learn about this subject because it is a neat and growing hobbie, that pays... literally (although the last time I went it was only 5 pennies). I think they would need to know what entailed in the group meetings and the atmosphere involved.

My next idea was to write about my fathers college graduation. I think this would be interesting to write about because there could be so many ways that I could relate to (hoping i graduate in may!). I want to be able to understand the impact of his family at the time. I know he was married and I know that they had one or possibly 2 children when he graduated. I think that people would want to learn about this story because it is very applicable to anyones situation that is currently in school. It would be interesting to see someone elses perspective on that evening. I think that someone would need to the class size, the major, and the impact that it had on his family.

My final possible topic I had while brainstorming was writing about a particular timeframe when my mom was painting in school. She had about six months when she was producing several paintings. They were very quality paintings and she had real talent. I am mad that she used the excuse of having a family to stop religously painting. As a side note I have made her a bargain/bet and she must begin painting again give me one as a Christmas present. I think that her story would be a great way to write about painting and art culture. I have always had a fascination for it and if I had even a sliver of her talent I might have pursed that. I think that anyone that has that same love for art would also want to learn about an aspiring artist. I think that someone would need to know about the work entailed, the competition, the hours put into her art, and possibly the financing. I might possibly show some paintings on here if I can dig up some old photos.