Sky Woman Lives in Me

Reissue Of blog from July 5, 2016, with updates

July 22, 2021

Elizabeth Hill-Huff-Denny

In early l960,  when I was around 7 years old, I saw this photo of this old lady displayed in the Milwaukee Public Museum.  She was walking outdoors in the winter, wearing just a shawl and scarf over her head.  I wanted to give her my winter coat to warm her. 

Fast forward to the year 2000, thirty-seven years later I come across this very same photo!  Lo and behold, the picture is hanging on a wall at my sister, Sherry’s home!  I was just totally surprised to see this picture again. As mentioned in my book, I asked my sister where she got this picture from?  Why was it hanging on her wall?  It is so ironic that for many years I thought about this old lady in this photo.  Her image never escaped…