It's one of those times of year in which there are many school concerts. Drew and Logan were both involved in Okemos's joint-school Spring Concert at the high school recently. Logan is in middle school choir and Drew, in fifth grade, is in first year strings and choir as well. This is a shot of Drew on the risers in the high school auditorium on the night of the big concert. That's him separated from all the kids in this perspective. It was just a chance shot. Being tall, he always stands in the back, so I try to get a shot of him when he's coming on stage. I always enjoy photos like this one, of a crowd of people doing something. I like studying the faces and the gestures of each person and reflecting on how each person experiences a shared event differently. Many stories are being told in this photo, but the stories are almost entirely hidden, as is so much in life -- sometimes even in our own private lives.
Next up we have a shot of Logan on our short trip to the Ohio River and Mammoth Cave National Park over spring break. Logan was sitting in a downtown restaurant in a farm town in central Indiana where we were having burgers for lunch. He's studying his Latin flash cards. Logan loves languages right now and is always working on something to do with learning or even making up languages. Keep up the good work, boy. There is a story or two being told in this photo, too, but they are narrower and more focused stories. Yet there is much in Logan's face to study, and don't we all love to study our children? Marsh and I, when we go out alone, have to work hard to keep from spending all our time alone talking about the kids, as is so common among parents.
It's one of those times of year in which there are many school concerts. Drew and Logan were both involved in Okemos's joint-school Spring Concert at the high school recently. Logan is in middle school choir and Drew, in fifth grade, is in first year strings and choir as well. This is a shot of Drew on the risers in the high school auditorium on the night of the big concert. That's him separated from all the kids in this perspective. It was just a chance shot. Being tall, he always stands in the back, so I try to get a shot of him when he's coming on stage. I always enjoy photos like this one, of a crowd of people doing something. I like studying the faces and the gestures of each person and reflecting on how each person experiences a shared event differently. Many stories are being told in this photo, but the stories are almost entirely hidden, as is so much in life -- sometimes even in our own private lives.
Next up we have a shot of Logan on our short trip to the Ohio River and Mammoth Cave National Park over spring break. Logan was sitting in a downtown restaurant in a farm town in central Indiana where we were having burgers for lunch. He's studying his Latin flash cards. Logan loves languages right now and is always working on something to do with learning or even making up languages. Keep up the good work, boy. There is a story or two being told in this photo, too, but they are narrower and more focused stories. Yet there is much in Logan's face to study, and don't we all love to study our children? Marsh and I, when we go out alone, have to work hard to keep from spending all our time alone talking about the kids, as is so common among parents. 
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I think I see Anthony Valli on the far left of the photo. Correct?
Ask Logan tp translate this:
"Illigitum non carborundum est"
I started a CLK Rotary blog and posted a sample. Unfortunately, I transposed the CLK to CKL in my haste. An d suggestions how to change the name of the blog? You can see it at www.cklrotary.blogspot.com
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