Lucy Lorimar's Commonplace Book

Character Commentary: The third item that I found this morning is difficult for me to talk about. It is extremely hard for me to look at a map or photo of Africa. Frank gave me a map of Africa before he left so I could follow along on the map of where he was going. Even hearing or saying the word “Africa” hurts my heart. My husband, Frank had just proposed to me when he left for Africa for a job for a newspaper. It was so exciting to be engaged and I couldn’t wait for him to get back so we could get married. While he was in Africa, there was an ambush of British troops that killed…

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Character Description: The second item I found in the studio this morning was this love poem. I love this poem because the first line of it reminds me of Frank and me. One day, after my sisters and I had just started our photography business, Frank walked through the door. He visited the studio to hire my sisters and me for a job. I accepted the job and we then worked together in the art and photography business. Frank promoted our family photography business in the art world and shared our talents with everyone. We can thank him for a lot of our success. From…

Character Commentary: As I was cleaning out one of the closets in the studio this morning, I ran across a few items that brought back some memories from my younger days. The first that I’ve run across is this drawing. This drawing means a lot to me because it reminds me of when I studied photography in northern England. I left my family and life in London to further my knowledge in photography to help kickstart my new family business. I had a passion for photography, and I knew that I could be proficient at it. Realistically, I knew that I would need help getting started learning the ins…