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Still willing to get out there at seventy! You look great, dad! This photo was taken last March at Big Sky, MT. As I continually come to grips with the fact that I'm getting older, things hurt, hair has migrated, bills are due, I need look no further than to my father for guidance on how to age gracefully. No, he cannot run a sub 6:30 mile for thirteen miles anymore, but he's still out there most days putting miles in on the beach. (Albeit with a starbucks coffee and iphone at a leisurely pace!) Maybe he's not doing a residency as a physician while enrolled full-time in law school, but he's writing books, seeing patients and pursuing a number of goals in brain research. He hasn't slowed down, at least in the things that really matter. Dad even helped model for my snowshoeing book. At seventy years old, my father is always thinking and always has new ideas. From his quirky habits, such as never wearing matching socks and putting his neoprene knee braces on...

Since today is the first day of the next four years with Obama, I thought I'd share my only experience seeing him in person. Check out this mad crustacean! It was just over two years ago. I was shooting my college roommate's wedding in Bar Harbor, Maine. After the rehearsal on Friday, we went to the rehearsal dinner. Or so we thought. Apparently, the Obama family was in town and were eating at the restaurant where the rehearsal dinner was supposed to occur. After waiting over an hour to get in, we were all scanned by super secret agent men and women. That included everybody; men, women and babies! We were finally let in to a room right next to theirs. On the President's exit, he stopped briefly to say congrats to the bride and groom and headed on his way. Is your baby a bomb? I didn't get much of an opportunity to shoot him, but I think the "Live Lobster - Come and See" sign pointing to the Pres. is pretty funny. Who knew our beloved President ...