{"id":1307,"date":"2009-12-03T22:24:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T03:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2025-05-19T21:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:15:06","slug":"my-pre-anarchist-motif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/03\/my-pre-anarchist-motif\/","title":{"rendered":"My Pre-Anarchist Motif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update #2: Tom Blanton, of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnar.org\/\"><strong>Project for the New American Revolution,<\/strong><\/a> also kindly did an upgrade of the photo. Here is Tom&#8217;s version:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: &#8220;Black Bloke&#8221; and Wes Baker kindly sent improved versions of the photo, now inserted at the top of this post. I&#8217;m not sure if Wes&#8217;s version will open in some browsers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1313\" title=\"jpb-1968-photo-edited-by-wes-baker-pastedgraphic5\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/jpb-1968-photo-edited-by-wes-baker-pastedgraphic5.tif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a good thing that I had not yet started drinking when I crossed that log back in &#8217;68.<\/p>\n<p>And it was a blessing I wasn&#8217;t obliged to juggle any balls, as well as carry the pack and stick.<\/p>\n<p>This was taken during a hike in the Shenandoah National Park; the photo appeared in Boys Life magazine.<\/p>\n<p>This is a scan from an old slide. Would anyone have suggestions on how I can touch-up this 1968 photo?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update #2: Tom Blanton, of the Project for the New American Revolution, also kindly did an upgrade of the photo. Here is Tom&#8217;s version: &nbsp; UPDATE: &#8220;Black Bloke&#8221; and Wes Baker kindly sent improved versions of the photo, now inserted at the top of this post. 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