Personal - Bruce Plotkin

Ken Griffey, Jr., a personal reflection.

June 7, 2010 Personal

For Ken Griffey, the days of walking out on a baseball field, gearing up to throw the balls after picking them up from these baseball carrying buckets, hitting home runs, and joining in on the celebrations with his much-loved fans have now come to an end. It is with great sadness that baseball legend Griffey, Jr is retiring, after an illustrious 22-year hall-of-fa[...]

Baxter’s Birthday

April 7, 2010 Family

A special day in our house as we celebrate our old friend Baxter's 14th birthday. Seems like just yesterday, but then it wasn't. As I reflect on our "life together", when we picked Baxter up from the breeder our daughter Hannah was just 9 and Molly was 6 (now nearly 24 and 21). We lived in a different house, in a different town, and I was commuting into my NYC studio [...]

Our trip to Italy.

February 28, 2010 Personal

Last week we had the wonderfully good fortune of vacationing in Italy, and spending some quality time with our daughter Molly, who's studying in Florence for the semester. So far she is thoroughly enjoying her course and soaking up the culture as well as the language. She even showed us a few of her Italian Essay Phrases. That being said, as an international studen[...]

A True Love Story, In Their Own Words

December 9, 2009 Family

Being in the business of photographing weddings on a weekly basis, the subject of never-ending and true love is ever present. What makes a marriage and relationship really work and last, how do you keep it fresh and exciting through the years, how do you forge and retain your own identity and meaningful life's work and still be half of a life-long partnership? All que[...]

Revisiting a good story.

August 7, 2009 Personal

While I'll admit I'm struggling a bit to find the time this month to keep up on my blogging of recent events, I thought it would be fun to revisit this short (all true) story I told just about a year ago, especially for those of you who've only recently started following my blog. The evenings of late have been cool and inviting, perfect New England sleeping weathe[...]

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