11/26/2025
Black and white pictures have a timeless quality. Perhaps it is because the first pictures ever developed from a camera had no color due to limitations in early technology and suddenly we dont know what year it is when we look at them, or maybe because it makes our eye focus on contrast, making the contextual elements that tell time kind of meaningless. I thought I would celebrate my friend and colleague Dr. Dutchak by posting a black and white picture because she really is timeless, and, when you are around her the background noise stops mattering and all that matters is you as a person. Denise Dutchak it was your birthday this week and we owe you the usual white cake at MAPS when we all return! But I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you for making everything better and for making all of us feel we are perfect the way we are no matter how messy. Love u.