  evidence of the way film renders light | 
  laid back | 
  grimy mike | 
  me and mike at the crown fountain | 
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  smokinmike | 
  all smiles | 
  shades | 
  sunshine skyway on the horizon | 
  VSCO | 
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  another test | 
  all aboard | 
  mike digs up the lawn | 
  saying goodbye | 
  our boys -- over there | 
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  somewhere during Operation Desert Shield | 
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  Mike and his best buddy, Scott | 
  at home in Wisconsin | 
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  Mike and his big brother | 
  mike and my favorite fella | 
  Mike and Cody | 
  Mike and his son Cody, and Cody's mother | 
  it's not the heat, it's the humdity | 
  atomic city | 
  what a life | 
  he really needs to quit | 
  he needs to quit | 
  two for one margaritas at the Iguana Mia | 
  the rule of thirds | 
  Mike and me | 
  two brothers | 
  demonic | 
  mike the hardhat | 
  psuedo hand colored portrait | 
  mike and tina | 
  mike leaving O'Hare Airport to visit Tina in Croatia  | 
  mike the blonde | 
  sunburned cowboy | 
  mike aboard the USS Alabama | 
  mike | 
  mike. at the beach last winter | 
  new baby | 
  Michael had an allergy that kept him underwight | 
  tired is the condition of motherhood | 
  jay and diane dufty...and Mike having his bottle | 
  the 60's | 
  dig me baby | 
  it was good | 
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  just out of the hospital | 
  older brothers | 
  we traded that old car on the left for a Mamiya/Sekor 500DTL | 
  legos, still not packed | 
  beachboy's older brother(s) | 
  middle child | 
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  and there we were, all in one place | 
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  Mike | 
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  biter | 
  beach boy number two | 
  this is my favorite photo of my kids | 
  dinner at dads | 
  mike at age 14 | 
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  mike at 15 | 
  Mike age 15; with his brother, dad, and me | 
  Mike age 15 with his brother, dad, and me | 
  mike at 18 and his girlfriend | 
  take nothing but photos | 
  does that tuna come with... | 
  mikey likey his drink | 
  good boy!! | 
  what's new? mike's online | 
  purple glow | 
  mike | 
  end of a perfect day | 
  everyone takes a turn | 
  mike's turn | 
  uncle wes and mike | 
  mike and barb | 
  ocean drive in the background | 
  martini? | 
  mike and menagerie | 
  mike, with the ever present cigarette | 
  putting a coat of tung oil on the kitchen cart | 
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  at the diner in St. Paul | 
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  the coffee pot diner | 
  at Jessie's house | 
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  Mike | 
  in Kenosha shoveling that snow | 
  trying to make a picture of the hat I knit for him | 
  cutting the fabric for his ren faire outfit | 
  at the renaissance faire | 
  Mike and his cousin | 
  unhappy campers | 
  at Ruby Beach in Washington State | 
  mike and his dad | 
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  I guess he doesn't like the painting | 
  in the atrium | 
  Mike and his nephew | 
  friday night tradition | 
  blowing out his birthday candles | 
  mike. handing out candy at the parade | 
  fishfry | 
  mike. with attitude | 
  lunch. on the balcony | 
  oven vault. with Mike | 
  mike | 
  Tomorrow—whose location  the Wise deceives.  Though its hallucination  is last that leaves— ...Emily Dickinson | 
  just a little | 
  eating hush puppies | 
  at Brewer Stadium with Bridget | 
  at Whiskey A GoGo in Los Angeles  | 
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  a month before his diagnosis | 
  the scar from the first surgery  | 
  after evacuating before hurricane Wilma | 
  mike | 
  …mike | 
  He finally had enough hair to cut again | 
  Mike and his friend from Jr High, George and his wife Angelina | 
  after his second surgery  | 
  the steroids kicked in | 
  in the emergency room | 
  at Iguana Mia | 
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  I took him to his favorite restaurants  | 
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  in the hospice house | 
  at rest | 
  mike feeding the gulls | 
  mike. walking on the beach |