January

Happy New Year!

And to continue on from the last post, here's some of my favorites from January so far...EPA peace march

Protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza

Car crash on the 280 -all minor injuries
The girl on the right was the driver and is being comforted by her mom.

Photographer whose work focuses on oak trees in danger of succumbing to sudden oak death

Ice Skating at the Winter Lodge

1st day of new student registration

New mural at Addison Elementary

Stanford students rehearse a dance piece called "Crash"

Rehearsal of Chinese Nutcracker

It's Been Awhile

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I posted on here. Maybe it's because this column I read back in October on Sports Shooter made me a little discouraged (just look for reason #2) : http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/2082
Or maybe I just got lazy after picking up work full time at the Weekly and didn't feel like posting anything after work or on the weekends. Or maybe I was just being my usual procrastination-prone self and kept putting off posting photos until wait, it's January already? Anyways, here's some of my more favorite photos from Nov-Dec -and I don't care if no one is really interested about my blog, I'm doing it for me!

This is a follow-up to an amazing story that was first published in the Weekly in February 2008. The boy on the left is Shawn, a ten year old who had been waiting over 2 years for a heart transplant and finally received one in July. In December, after a rollercoaster recovery, he was finally able to return home to Alaska. Former Chief Photographer Norbert Von Der Groeben did an amazing photo story and slideshow about Shawn when he was waiting for his heart. You should check out the link here: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=8870#slide_show
this is from a feature about a local bus driver who is a hero and got her children to safety when a drive-by happened while she was driving the kids home.

this photo really reminds me of my middle school, MBI, and how we used to have to run the morning tv program. Zero period sucked.Thanksgiving feature...poor turkey made quite the feast I bet.

At Deer Hollow Farm

Fall features

Banjo from WWI

Detail of a mandolin from a story about the Museum of American Heritage's musical instruments exhibit

Sophie and the Enchanted Toy Chest (or something like that) performed for patients at Stanford Hospital in Dec.