{"id":63,"date":"2025-09-23T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:57:32","slug":"my-true-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/?page_id=63","title":{"rendered":"My True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inside the Real-Life Love Story That Inspired Microsoft’s ‘Bliss,’
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Apr 14, 2021 \u2014 Photographer Chuck O’Rear has his romance with wife Daphne Larkin to thank for the iconic image.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft’s “wallpaper” photo called “BLISS” by Charles O’Rear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more about our love story behind Chuck’s famous photo, click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Writers Digest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Napa Valley Writers Conference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Parenting Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“A Party to Remember”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“A Mother’s Vigil”

“Inside an ICU”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Napa Valley Register Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Napa Valley: Up close and personal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seniors become kids again in the Sierra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photographer comes out with book on Napa Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\/22\/2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Naming the Real : Brandon Cook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


A conversation about finding agency:  Cultivating our power to choose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytelling Part III: A conversation with Daphne Larkin and Dr. Christy Bauman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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