My sister took that photo on May 8, 2010. I know now what I knew then.
I took this photo on January 18, 2026. I didn’t know then what I know now.
This phantom nostalgia postcard thing is about retrospect, hindsight and perspective.
In the 5,734 days since my sister took that photo, I’ve gained some perspective on a couple things. Looking back it’s easy to ask questions like “what if?” recalling that fork in the road and that other fork too and the one after that as well. Wondering why I took the ones less travelled by?
But not dwelling too long, moving on. Just giving a respectful, subtle head tilt to a fellow messenger on the road, the one less travelled by.
Put a stamp on it, call it a postcard and let it go bro...
Well, I know now what I knew then
Yeah, I know now what I knew then
Yeah, I know now what I knew then
But I didn't know then what I know now
"Jesus Christ was only child"
--Modest Mouse
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