Regular Life

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Benjamin soared at a recent birthday party. Later, I threw him (pics follow).
This place was great. During the school year it’s a preschool with a gymnastics bent, and in the off season its doors are open to anyone who shells out cash, and their guests. The kids can play [...]

As I have reported in the past, we found that our local Portrait Innovations does a good job for a good price. I stop at “good” because there’s nothing groundbreaking about the poses or the photographers. They are easy to work with and our prints always look great.
While our first and second trips [...]

I was moved a week ago to share this, but I made myself wait.
In 1979, a young man hoping to make it in the film business began taking a photo each day with his Polaroid SX-70 camera. He categorized them by date and didn’t stop until the day he died. That day came [...]

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I think I kind of got kicked out of a store on Tuesday. You be the judge.
On my lunch hour that day, all I wanted was something sweet after my two spicy chicken soft tacos at Taco Bell. Funny how spicy food does that to me. Or salty food. [...]

Anna issued a challenge several days ago for all of us amateur photogs to post pictures featuring yellow. She called it, aptly enough, “Project Yellow.”
Monday at my desk I decided to join the fray and ventured a mere two feet to find my first subject. In fact, I didn’t even have to get [...]

On Saturday morning (still Easter weekend), Dad and I managed to sneak away to one of my favorite spots — Bridal Veil Falls. The name isn’t original, but ever since Tim Ernst used “Fuzzy Butt Falls” for a site featured in his Arkansas Waterfalls Guidebook, I’m beginning to think that re-using a title isn’t [...]

Boys do eventually grow out of some of their annoying tendencies. I’m sure girls do, too, but I’ve never brought one up — heck, never even had a niece — and so I claim no expertise in the female arena.
Yeah, so what’s new, right?
On Easter weekend, Benjamin and his cousin, LC, got along great [...]

(Note: All readers of “Bernie” will find the conclusion now available. I also adjusted Part Twelve so that it’s a little easier to follow. Hey, author’s prerogative.)
What started as a simple stroll back to work after leaving Homer with our honest mechanic turned into a black-and-white photography shoot.
My first thought as I [...]

(Note: All those following Bernie’s tale, please go on to Part Eleven)

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Way up there is the backside of Sugarloaf Mountain, where Kenneth Wymer drew his last breath. If you don’t know who he is, then read my latest story, “Bernie,” still unfolding online. Sorry for the spoiler, but it shouldn’t [...]

(There’s a new banner picture up for March 2008; force a browser refresh if you don’t see a tiny flying guest in Silhouette.)

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I walked into our computer/guest room Sunday night wanting to do two things:

Download pictures from both cameras
Post something to my blog

I was pretty sure I had a picture or two I [...]