Regular Life

When Ben was 1.5 years old, the only TV shows he watched were “Sesame Street” and the Baby Einstein videos (not “Little Einsteins,” which is totally different).
Shannon found a talking Elmo that allowed the parent to customize it with the child’s name. Working within a web browser, she carefully typed in his first name, and [...]

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“They’re down there with swords and shields having battles! It’s great!” said Z, between labored breaths. He had run much of the way home.
“Are they still doing it right now?” I asked.
“Yeah!” Z said.
“Well, let’s go,” I said.
I grabbed my keys and my two camera bags and headed out to the car. Z, his brother, [...]

Ben poses in uniform before the game.
And then he cuts up a little.
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In my fourth grade Social Studies class, our assignment was to choose a vacation destination and calculate the time and money required to make the trip.
My first step was to write a letter to the area’s Chamber of Commerce requesting information. I crafted a business letter under my teacher’s careful direction, sealed it inside an [...]

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I dusted off the seat and knocked the spider egg sacs out of the spokes. It was Ride Your Bike to Work Week, and I was going to join the fray.
My physical conditioning, it turns out, was not up to the task.
Later that day, after I leaned my bike against a tree to make the [...]

Saturday’s post at One Wink at a Time inspired me to finally use two pictures I’ve been holding for future use. Her post reminded me so much of something I would have written when we lived in Bella Vista, Arkansas that I just had to share these.
The following pictures are deck views from the house [...]

I have one fond childhood memory of baseball, and it’s all thanks to my father. More on that in a minute.
Now that my son is on a tee ball team, I’m reminded of the one season I played baseball. I still maintain that I would have had a more positive experience had I started in [...]

What makes the background (and part of the subject) so fuzzy in this picture?
In this, the second in my sporadic photography how-to series, I’m discussing depth of field. This is useful for those using point-and-shoot cameras as well as SLR (single lens reflex) models. Almost every digital camera sold allows some degree of control over [...]