Category Archives: Month in review

April outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: May 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

“April is a promise that May is bound to keep.” – Hal Borland April had very few showers making the prognosis for May flowers a bit uncertain. Here are 10 favorite previously unposted photos from April. ______________________________________ 4/1/13: ______________________________________ 4/2/13: ______________________________________ 4/3/13: ______________________________________ 4/4/13: ______________________________________ 4/5/13: ______________________________________ 4/15/13: ______________________________________ 4/17/13: ______________________________________ 4/23/13: ______________________________________ 4/25/13:

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Outtakes: The March of time

By Clifford Oto | Published: April 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

“Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and takes the winds of March with beauty.” William Shakespeare March has come to and end and spring has begun. Here are 10 of my favorite photos from the third month of 2013. ____________________________________________ 3/1/13: ____________________________________________ 3/6/13: ____________________________________________ 3/9/13: ____________________________________________ 3/10/13: ____________________________________________ 3/22/13: ____________________________________________ 3/23/13:

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February’s outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: March 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

“The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.” – William C. Bryant Despite being the shortest month, February was also a busy one. Basketball, wrestling and a couple of high profile concerts highlighted the 28 days of last month. Here are 10 of my favorites from 2013’s second [...]

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January’s child

By Clifford Oto | Published: February 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

“January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead. “ -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette January was a quiet month, which was a good thing. Crime was down, and there wasn’t a single homicide in Stockton during the month, a welcome change from the record-shattering previous year. Hopefully January [...]

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December outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: January 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” – Winston Churchill December has ended and with it the year of 2012. For good or bad it’s now in the past. Before we move on 2013, here’s one last look at last year’s last month. ______________________________________ 12/3/12: ______________________________________ 12/15/12: ______________________________________ 12:16/12: ______________________________________ [...]

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November outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: November 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils” – Cyril Connolly November has come and gone, and with its passing 2012 is nearly over. Writer Ambrose Bierce called the year’s next-to-last month “…The eleventh twelfth of a weariness,” and with the city’s bankruptcy and record homicide rate, [...]

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October outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: November 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.”- Hal Borland October brings the end to baseball season (and, this year, joy to any Giants fan) and the heart of football season. [...]

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September remembered

By Clifford Oto | Published: October 1, 2012 | Leave a comment

“For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go.”- George Washington Cable Summer seemed to linger on through September. Temperatures were 3 degrees higher than normal and are threatening to creep into October. Here are my top 10 outtakes from September 2012. [...]

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Hot August nights: Outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: September 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

 “I bet deep down you still wish your mom would take you clothes shopping every August for the new school year.” – Bridget Willard August brought us the start of the school year and a brand new prep football season. Here are 10 of my favorite outtakes from the past month. ____________________________________ 8/1/12: ____________________________________ 8/6/12: [...]

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July outtakes

By Clifford Oto | Published: August 1, 2012 | Leave a comment

“The Summer looks out from her brazen tower,
Through the flashing bars of July.”- Francis Thompson July is done and with it about half of summer. And while we’ve had a relatively mild season of the sun so far (especially compared to the rest of the country), the promise of hotter days still lies ahead. Whether [...]

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