Late into the Lexicon New Year's show -- just a little before midnight -- my mother (pictured above) came up to me with a most sweet and excited look in her eyes.

"I'm going to take a picture everyday this year," she told me, grabbing my arm. "One picture each day."

I was amused and I did not believe her, of course, because I had made a similar pledge the year before and had failed to follow through. But my mother is a more determined sort than I (she is my good genes) and she has not wavered in her Project and so what else can I do but encourage her.

Here, then, is THE PHOTO OF THE DAY as experienced by Victoria Isabel Fairbairns Schankula -- my talented and curious mother.

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I'd just like to think he giggled his little giggle,
if only a just little.

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Tevis Shaw was a great friend to The Lexicon Project. Tevis Shaw died last night at Red River Gorge.

Tevis was the coolest guy in Lexington, by far. You probably saw Tevis walking downtown headed to work with a stack of CD's in his hand and the swagger of a rock star. I was always laughing when around Tevis, always talking about great music and authors I should read. He always had hilarious stories to tell and told them hilariously.

I'll miss Tevis and so will many many others. You couldn't meet Tevis and easily forget him. I know we will never forget him.

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