Brownie on the Orange Crate

Wherever they lived, the author's mother would record the history of her family with her kodak Brownie camera, perched upon an orange crate for stability. These moments provide Bernell women Smith a sort of template for her wide eyed, picturesque worldview and a vivid engaging style of relating her life's tales. Poetic and amusing, Ms. Smith has granted vs her Camera's perspective into her wonderful memories.