© 2012 Leo Soderman. All rights reserved.
You never know – maybe a rich relative will deed me enough money to be independently wealthy. Or I could hit the lotto.
So, here’s a little wish list, in case that relative is reading. Couldn’t hurt, right? Continue reading
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Thirty days ago, I was sitting up in bed typing something quite different.
I was trying to decide if I should go to the hospital, and I was getting scared. I had reason to be.
Now, I’m sitting here a month later, trying to get onto this page words that express what the last thirty days have been like. Continue reading
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via America’s Family Pet Expo Breaks Animal Adoption Record Again. The World Pet Association’s 22nd annual America’s Family Pet Expo, held April 15 to 17 in Costa Mesa, Calif., resulted in a record number of animal adoptions, organizers reported today. A … Continue reading
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The plan is simple: If you are looking to get portraits or headshots done on location somewhere, I will give you a 2-hour photoshoot for free. Gratis. No money. You’ll even get a CD/DVD with all the finished images. Continue reading
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You know it’s serious when they ask you ‘Do you have an advanced directive?’. This is a very clinical way of asking you ‘If you’re dying and can’t speak for yourself, have you made alternate plans?’.
No, I hadn’t. Continue reading
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It’s a little short of a month since I had my heart attack, and I’m still getting my head around the changes that it requires in my life. This morning, I decided to take a portrait of my new “friends” – the pile of medications I now have to take to give me the best shot at not returning to the hospital again. Continue reading
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Fair warning: I’m venting.
I’m not a perfect dad. Nor a perfect person. I am indeed, like most people, flawed. I know that about myself, I accept it, and I do my best to improve. I can accept constructive criticism, albeit with a wince. Continue reading
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Went out and did some sightseeing today, hitting the Hollywood Sign and the Griffith Observatory.
© 2011 Leo Soderman. All rights reserved.
Sometimes you just don’t learn the lessons. Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing like shooting street photography – they kind with one-of-a-kind shots – and realizing an hour in there was no memory card in the camera… Continue reading
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In a way, it’s kind of like Wish Lists or Bucket Lists – we have these lists of things we want to do with our time, with our lives, and we spend so much time trying to get by that we forget about all those wonderful things we wanted to do. Continue reading
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The cliche is that life is a circle that we just keep moving around. Time for another spin. Continue reading
Photo credit 2011 thebone
They see a specific behavior that annoys them, and because it hasn’t improved, they see your parenting as a failure, your child as a brat. Continue reading