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  December 7, 2022 Hi Mary, I am sorry it has taken awhile for me to get back to you, but with the holidays upon us and, me wanting to give this letter some thought, I am only now getting around to responding. Since I started doing this job, some 40 years ago, I have made many changes in how ordering could be done and the majority of those changes in the ordering process have come from parents who were in one way or another, not completely satisfied with the process. For example, since going digital, I have heard parents say, “if you photographed 4-5 images of my child, why can’t I pick the one I want?” To which I responded that my years of doing this have honed my skill in “editing to the best pose”. I’d say that 98.5% of parents have always been pleased with the selection but still they wanted the choice for themselves. This is the way that I figured out using the tools at my disposal. I did not invent any of this, I only see how I best can utilize what I have and try to pl...
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Thoughts on art as influenced by Neil Gaiman

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  Art 17 Henderson May 1, 2020 Having not attended a higher school of education was the first hook I felt from Gaiman  when reading his commencement address. That was me too, but I didn’t have such a solid direction in mind as Gaiman did when he decides against University. He talks of a direction that he knew, that  he would be a writer. What I did know about myself was that art/arts were always attractive to me, that creating form and dimension and fooling the eye was something I wanted to do. This came partly from my mother, who first studied graphic arts and then fine arts and eventually became a full time nurse and a  part-time painter. Life has turns in it that come unexpectedly for many and after experiencing a few myself, I didn’t have the drive for school. I had a drive to be independent and learn from life’s lessons, and that is the way I walked back then. Following the passion, as Gaiman has done through his writings, pushed along by no one more than ...
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Why I left Scientology

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  Why I left Scientology Same as it ever was  Open show with this.  Paddy- twin? 02/04/24 What if debi opened with an incredible song… then into my bit.  Just to set the mood. Ok… start it off as a sort of , line in a hat.” But, instead, hand out a one question questionnaire, and Tha question would be, what would you like to know about what I know about Scientology.  Add… and, I do not know if john travolta is gay. The show opens with a question being drawn from the box. Before anything else is said, a question is read. And answered. (All off script, truth as recalled.) "Then, there is the box in front of me, and you, it is 36 pounds of mail I got last year from the church of Scientology.  They have called me more times than I care to remember.  They ask if they could verify my address.  I’d ask them what address they were using and then I’d validate whatever they said, because it wasn’t my address." Then in March of 2023, after ...
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Five things that I a m proud of about myself.

  Five things that I a m proud of about myself. I'm in a relationship that is beyond my expectations I've been a ble to build a business that is a mover and a shaker I can make people laugh and feel more comfortable with themselves  4. I am a talented artist  I'm proud of my children and the lives they are living, although my influence in their lives was short-lived  Journal a day in my life when I was living fully and confidently 
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Food to cost ratio at the funeral service reception

  Today I attended a memorial service.  Once the service was over it was announced that there would be a reception with food and drinks in the banquet hall.   I followed my sister and her adult children in and we sat down. My niece said that the food was from Panera and asked me if I liked it. I told her it was good. She said her husband didn't like it because they don't give you very much food for the amount you spend. I said, "So the food to cost ratio is out of alignment?" To which replied, yup.  Made me think about how we want to be able to realize a deal even if it means overeating. I wondered how much food would have to be there on his plate to make him feel like it was an equitable deal.  Just another subtle social construct that pervades our food consciousness- cost vs quantity.  By the way, I had a 1/2 sandwich and salad - no chips, extra bread, or saucer sized chocolate chip cookie, and I (most importantly) stayed on budget. My observation for...
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May 24, 2924 The Young Warriors - Join us for the one and only and evermore, this century, premier?   In 1986, the film The Young Warriors (aka- The Graduates of Malibu High) was in limited release to 10s of theaters. It payed once in a now-defunct theater in Clovis one night.  Why would you want to see this? Well, I, John Alden, was a co-star in the film. I play a shy mexican boy,Jorge, my ass (albeit a younger, 26 year old version of my ass) and I am brutally murdered.  I have been asked repeatedly over the years to show it. So be it! Saturday, May 11, 2024 will be the ONLY! chance to see this ill-breed, foot-licking, hedge-pig of a film  I understand if that’s the day to get the dogs toenails clipped and you can’t make it, but tere will ot be a next time. After this canker-blossom of a movie,will dive headfirst into the archives, and wither to dust, never to be seen again. There is a lot of stories of the behind the scenes making this film, in the scenes, outside ...
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  I couldn’t hear you through all your talking.  Oct 28,24 Sequoia
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The cats that live in between

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The cats that live in between There’s the front porch cat.  There is the back porch cat,  & there is the cats that live in between. It’s not that they are different,  it’s not that they are mean It’s by no fault of their own that they are cats in between.  living within these walls,  Chasing one another as the urge calls, One a girl the other like a brother.    Surging through dining furniture  between the legs  the overhang  and all. Narrowly dodging beams overhead Missing one would knock them instead They pass through the wall Through the portal built within, To the Catio outside into the sun  where I swear they grin Allowing them space Air and grace To be the cats in between. Neither the front porch cat whose name is the same Nor the back porch cat, who we call Penny Their lives together are simple and don’t require many living together, nice and never mean But these are not the cats in-between .  The cat that’s the olde...
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