Jenifer Hixson

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm your host, Jennifer Hickson.

In this hour, stories about putting fresh eyes on the past, returning to the scene, and finding new details you may have missed the first time around.

Whether you see your past through rose-colored glasses or one of those magnifying mirrors that highlights every blemish, whisker, and scar, the passage of time always sheds new light.

Our first story is by Ivan McClellan.

He told this in Jackson Hall, Wyoming, where we partner with Center for the Arts.

Here's Ivan.

That was Ivan McClellan.

Ivan is a photojournalist and designer.

His current photo project, Eight Seconds, focuses on the stories of black cowboys around the country.

Ivan lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.

Between May and October, he takes pictures at rodeos around the country.

To see some of his beautiful photographs, visit themoth.org.

Ivan said he's discovered a bunch of trail riding clubs in the community where he grew up in Kansas.

Now when he goes home, he always hangs out with black cowboys.

He's mostly on the ground taking pictures, but sometimes he even gets up on a horse.

He might even be developing some calluses.

In a moment, a woman celebrates her honeymoon without her new husband, and a grown man finds himself, somewhat reluctantly, back in high school, when the Moth Radio Hour continues.

This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm Jennifer Hickson.