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This photo wasn’t taken yesterday or even last week. This isn’t even the whole Campo family, but it captures a wonderful moment in their lives. Kids grow up. Aaron has been to Afghanistan tw...

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Mikey was the much appreciated husband of my friend Bobbie. While looking for a remembered picture taken in DC, I found this pensive image. After a long struggle, he died of lung cancer just o...

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Timothy. He’s been a family friend since college in the sixties. A brilliant man affected by the 60’s. A talented photographer. A child of older parents which I identify with. Why I always ...

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Here’s Captain Poolie. There’s only one like her. She sings, she dances, and she can run a museum. What more could one want. Himself: Slept better last night but still going to the doc tod...

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Janey. Again, a strong woman who overcame thyroid cancer to create her own business and skate for a gold medal in roller skating. She appeared on and off in our lives throughout the years as a...

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There are those who make a difference in their communities…sometimes in the world. This is Carole, and she is a nurse who cares for her neighborhoods…all of them. I met her when we both worked...

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Granddaughter Mohave discovering the joy of Comic Con. She belongs here not in the everyday world of the mundane. Himself: Coughing little. Heading back to the gym for the first time. Got ...

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That last year, Duck delighted us with the invention of a dog named Plaid. Here Duck shows us how Plaid is acting. Himself: Started cleaning his side of the office then off to see”Into the W...

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Blather and GEL. Two warm-hearted friends from Open Diary taking a bay cruise with G and I. Himself: Much better….thinks he will live. I am really grateful. Herself: Tired. It's become a ...

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Marion B had just descended into diabetes and cancer when I met her at a writer’s workshop. She was a most brilliant and witty writer. When she read, each word became more. I included her big...

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In 2005, we were high above the San Diego ZOO at Albert’s Restaurant. In back of George is a soft wall of Eucalyptus trees blowing in the winds. Today these trees have a bug, and they are dyin...

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“Tower 4.” This year the San Diego Lifeguards celebrate 100 years of service. I didn’t make any effort in any way to get this photograph. The lifeguard towers were stored for the winter in Oc...

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I have enough good black and white photos amassed that I can begin putting them up one a day. “Portrait of Bobbie” was taken in Washington DC. That’s a giant and colorful work of art behind he...

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We stopped by an estate sale yesterday. I waited for a while for a friend at Starbucks, but she didn’t show. When I couldn’t get the truck into the garage through the neighbors Christmas take...

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The Geezer went off to work the auto show yesterday morning, and I had a whole day to myself. I confess I did little of any weight. Perhaps skimming a satire counts. Eventually I found myse...

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Happy New Year to you all. Himself: His cold is fractionally better. He plans on working half a day then napping. Herself: Woke in the night thinking I was coming down with the cold. Rea...

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We woke just in time to have breakfast before taking a walking tour of the ship. Walking. A continued a problem thoughout these four days, but today I started my adventure with two Ibuprofen....

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Lifeboat davits with Ensenada in the distance. Seagulls taking a bath at the end of the slide in the Childrens Pool. These gulls plagued the ship and traveled port to port on it. There were e...

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Day two: Catalina: Both of us fall more in love with Catalina every time we visit. We took a tour through the Catalina Island Conservancy instead of the ship tours…a jeep tour with the manager...

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Empty check in stands. We didn’t take the light traffic into consideration so arrived hours early. Day one: Departure: We were packed the night before. Lightly, for it was only four days. Pi...

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It’s a day to rush around and finish packing and gather clean clothes together while baking a cake. I did say that. We will hit our usual Sunday night meeting, crash, and get up so far before ...

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Our Holiday at Sea has advanced a day, and I am scurrying around finishing errands today. Suitcases up, change the pages in the Appointment book…yes, we still use an appointment book, let every...

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I’m attempting to join the 30 in 30 black and white photo group. The biggest struggle I’ve had is clarifying this Hodad’s double hamburger with cheese. The first attempt didn’t look like a ha...

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Pigs for Christmas? Margot is coming by to get her child support this morning, and she will be taking all her presents home with her. Daughter Laka got one…and it was a little over budget. Yes...

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The ice skating rink outside Horton Plaza. We had a delightful dinner by the bay, then went downtown for desert before the concert. Horton Plaza was open. They had a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream...

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