Tonight’s Photographic Memory


 I only just figured out that when I see images in my mind of things from the past, these are photographic memories.  I guess this didn’t occur to me before, because I thought that having photographic memory meant that a person could recall every moment of their life because it was all recorded in mental photos.  I can’t purposely choose to tune in to images of things from the past.  They just enter my mind of their own accord with no conscious choice on my part.  Anyway, when I was around kindergarten age,  I had a Raggedy Ann dress very similar to the one in this photo.  I saw an image of myself at around 5 years old wearing it. 

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