tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321514752024-03-13T10:29:49.912-05:00 gloria baker feinstein's blogGloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-65248465671784644952016-09-26T07:20:00.000-05:002016-09-26T07:20:29.869-05:00closed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On September 23, 2006 (almost ten years ago to the day) I started this blog. At the time, I was busy planning my first trip to Uganda and wanted to keep my friends and family informed as I made my way. It was important to me that my father, 85 back then, could read about my journey without having to worry each day if I was OK or not.<br />
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On of my first posts was about a pair of red shoes. I bought them for the trip, but they became symbolic to me. They were about stepping outside the box, stretching myself, moving into exciting and unknown territory - just like to the trip to Africa that lay ahead of me.<br />
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My love of writing and sharing photographs led me to continue the blog after I returned home from that trip. It became a disciplined exercise in journaling; there were many days when sharing what was on my mind helped me better understand the world around me, the people around me... and ultimately, myself. The fact that I actually had readers who followed my musings made me feel connected in a really positive way. I led those readers through the twists and turns of my life, revealing, questioning and learning more and more as I went. I shared a healthy dose of photography, and I wrote about a lot about Change the Truth.<br />
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Now it's time for me to step outside this box, stretch myself and move in a new direction, a new unknown territory. After all, not being stuck in the same place is what keeps us vital... and able to move forward.<br />
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So, here I go.<br />
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Many of my readers have been with me from the very first post; some have gotten on the bandwagon for a while and left, and others are relative newcomers. Thanks to all of you for devoting a few minutes of your day to see what it is I had to say or show. I've really enjoyed this chapter of my artistic life; I hope you gleaned something useful from it every now and then.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Andrew Musgrave is a father of two young
girls and works full time as a Social Justice Director. He will be making
his first trip to Uganda. He is very excited to experience
firsthand the wonderful things happening at SMK, and he looks forward to
sharing his love of sports and computers with the kids. He also plans to visit
some of the schools that CTT/SMK students attend to gain some perspective for his
work in Padibe and Gulu, Northern Uganda. </span></div>
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traveled to Northern Uganda twice before, but this will be her first visit to
SMK, and she is thrilled. As a former English teacher and now owner of All
Souls Yoga, Erin plans to do yoga, journaling and creative story-telling that
will help students tap into their innate courage during her time there. </span></div>
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SMK to spend time with her kiddos, introduce some new art projects, tour
various schools of CTT sponsored students and simply have fun playing games,
reading, having a movie night and a few other fun-related activities. She will
be splitting her time between SMK and some schools in the North where she will
travel with Andrew and Erin to continue their collective work, which includes
helping students with their educational dreams. The team travels September 16<sup>th</sup>
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Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-80953293927198570772016-09-10T21:05:00.002-05:002016-09-12T04:24:57.960-05:00isak <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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One of the most wonderful people I've ever known passed away last night. His name was Isak. Read his obituary, and you'll see that this was a man who was extraordinary in every sense of the word. A survivor, a man of conviction, a gentle and caring soul, a loving family man, a kind and dear friend. He was funny, charming, slightly irreverent and always generous. Next week, he and his lovely wife Ann would have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. (I took this picture of him at the celebration of their 65th.) They don't make 'em like this any more. Rest in peace, sweet Isak. The world was lucky to have you in it, and I am blessed to have known you.<br />
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of his family to have survived the Holocaust. He was a successful businessman,
a loving parent, and a generous supporter of the Kansas City Jewish community.
He was a character, a dramatic and humorous storyteller who could take over a
room and make friends instantly. He died on September 9, 2016, at the age of
94. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #161616; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>Isak was born on March 14, 1922, in Wolbrom, Poland, the
third child of Boruch and Ruchla Biala Federman. His father died before Isak was
a year old, and his mother eventually remarried Herschel Kalisz with whom she
had a fourth child. Encouraged by his mother and stepfather, he left home at
the age of thirteen to study at a Yeshiva (a school for Jewish boys), but
returned home in the summer of 1939 amid rumors of a German invasion. After his
village was occupied he was picked up on the street by the German SS in the
fall of 1939, and ordered to help build a forced labor camp nearby. Eventually,
he was forced to do slave labor in eighteen camps, including Rzeszow, Plaszow,
Flossenberg, and Sachsenhausen. He built roads and barracks, worked in salt
mines, and “pretended” to operate a lathe machine. He was also forced to clean
up rubble from the German invasion of Russia, and later, he and other prisoners
were marched into Berlin during bombing raids, and forced to clear rubble there
as well. In 1944, he was shot in the head and wrist while escaping from the
concentration camp at Bergen Belsen, near Hamburg, and survived in the forest
for several days before being captured. He was liberated by the British Army on
May 3, 1945, weighing about 80 pounds, and sick with typhus. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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hospital, he went back to Bergen Belsen, where a displaced persons camp had
been established, in hopes of finding information about his family. He found no
surviving family members, but he met Anna (Chana) Warshawski, who remained
lovingly devoted to him for the rest of his life, as he was to her. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #161616; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>In December 1945, he heard a radio translation of a speech
in which President Truman announced that 100,000 displaced persons would be
allowed to immigrate to the United States. He encouraged Anna and her surviving
family members to apply. In June 1946, they traveled to New York under the
sponsorship of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. When they
arrived, the Joint representative suggested they move to Kansas City. In
Yiddish, Isak asked him if Kansas City was in America; upon being told that it
was, he said that they would go. That September, he and Anna, now Ann, were
married, the first survivors to do so in the Kansas City area. Five hundred
“strangers” attended their wedding, and they were embraced by the Jewish
community in Kansas City. They were immediately invited to join Kerem Israel
Synagogue, now Kehilath Israel. Over the years, Isak and Ann made a number of
lifelong friends with whom they shared a commitment to Kehilath Israel. Isak
served the synagogue in a number of ways, including as its President. He was
actively involved in B’nai Brith and Jewish Federation of Kansas City, and was
both a Mason and a Shriner. While he referred to himself as a “newcomer”
(“green-ah” in Yiddish) he was bold and self-confident, a salesman who was hard
to resist, genuinely liked by his customers, and a hard worker. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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co-founded Superior Upholstered Furniture Company. He sold that company in 1976
and after being retired “for a weekend” became restless and started K.C.
Textile Company, which he eventually sold in 1996. While he would point out
that his secular education stopped after seven grades, he was an astute
businessman, a dealmaker whose handshake was his bond. Indeed, he was a
founding director of Lenexa National Bank, and was the Board Chair who led the
negotiation of its sale to Commerce Bank. In 1993, along with his good friend
Jack Mandelbaum, he co-founded the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education,
which teaches the history of the Holocaust as a means to counter indifference,
intolerance and genocide. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #161616; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>Isak had always been reluctant to discuss his wartime
experiences; despite that, he decided to share those experiences to help raise
funds for MCHE. None of his friends were spared his pitch, as he and Jack
worked to help build and finance an organization that continues to serve the
entire community. He loved reading about and discussing current events and
history, attending sporting events, and traveling with Ann. He was a patriot,
proud to be a citizen of the United States and grateful to Kansas City for
welcoming him when he had no home to return to. </i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #161616; font-family: arial; font-size: 13pt;">In addition to his beloved wife Ann, he is survived by
three children, Rachel Altman (Avrom), Arthur Federman (Diane), and Lorie
Federman, by five grandchildren (Rebekah Altman, Audrey Federman, Carla
Federman, Elijah Knight, and Maya Knight), and by seven great grandchildren.
The family thanks the staff of Suites 2 and 3 at Village Shalom and that of
Kansas City Hospice for their devoted care of Isak during the last years of his
life. Special thanks to Sonia Warshawski for her love and support of Ann.</i><br />
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I'm really excited to announce that my Gloaster coasters are now available at STUFF, a wonderful store in Brookside in Kansas City. Years and years ago, the dynamic sister duo at Stuff, Sloane and Casey, did my very first book signing/release party. It was for my book <u>Convergence</u>. I'll never forget how wonderful that night was. Sloane and Casey made me feel like a million bucks, and the crowd that assembled did, too.<br />
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I'm thrilled to be back in the fold at STUFF. There are 60 other artists represented in this store stuffed with wonderful stuff, so do yourself a favor and check it out.<br />
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Here are some of the new Gloasters you'll find among the 39 designs now available.<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-41802373387337478322016-09-06T16:50:00.000-05:002016-09-07T17:24:21.826-05:00sunflower fieldTed Grinter's Sunflower Field is 40 acres of huge, splashy, smiley flowers. The farm is between Tonganoxie and Lawrence, Kansas. I went there yesterday and made some photographs.<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-65957289387247164032016-09-05T12:20:00.002-05:002016-09-05T15:33:22.400-05:00news from natalie<br />
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The story itself seems a little unbelievable from an abstract perspective. What are the odds that this young girl who is struggling to survive, would happen upon a mentor, who grew up much like herself, and he could arm her with the skills to discover a talent that would enable her to change her circumstances? The unlikelihood of it all is perhaps why it will make a great movie.</div>
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The thing is, it's not that unbelievable. In fact, I know a lot of Phionas--children who have defied the odds and found their passions in music, art, dancing, and academics. </div>
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This past week I invited five of these young people to join me in reading the Queen of Katwe as part of a small book club. We met after they read the first half and they have already identified so many parallels between their own lives, and the lives of the two main characters, Robert and Phiona. </div>
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As a visitor in their lives for only a few weeks a year, I have struggled with finding a balance between being a role model, and encouraging the children at SMK to find the role models that surround them everyday. This book, and the conversations that have arisen from discussing it, has helped strike that balance. We have been able to talk openly about the challenges they have--and continue to--face, and the pride they should feel in working to achieve their goals. Despite the fact that Change the Truth has been there to help along the way, their accomplishments are a result of their own hard work. Nothing our volunteers can provide can do the work for them, and what they dare to achieve is a result of their own dedication to their dreams.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-21854398354344443842016-08-26T09:36:00.000-05:002016-08-26T21:14:27.994-05:00post from brittany<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">It has been proven that music incorporated into schools improves the overall academic achievement of students. With a quick google search, you can find study after study that links music classes to improved brain function and increased test scores. Offering opportunities to the children at St. Mary Kevin to study music is just one of the ways CTT volunteers are able to encourage future success. Not to mention it is just a really good time!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">For the past week, the younger students at SMK have received an immersive musical experience thanks to the ladies of Uptown Violins. Here's a brief update of their activites:</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We finished our first week of music camp with the younger children! The children are so cute and high energy! Their creativity and innovative spirits shine through each day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Some highlights were: a call and response clapping song titled "Flee, Flee, Fly," a musical painting craft, learning note names and Rhythms incorporating them in a spirited game of basketball. However, performing a song from the movie Tarzan using rattles, boom whackers, violins, and clapping was the ultimate in fun!</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>We have been at SMK for two days! We are living, breathing entertainment. From our violins, our funny names, Ben's extreme height, and the color of our hair, we almost seem from another planet! However, what perhaps has been the subject of greatest interest is that we are family. Family—what a loaded word for many of us. Be it one that brings to mind pride, love or possibly trouble, it is something many of us understand. At SMK family isn't a known entity but rather an intellectual concept. How can we even begin to teach it? We are here all together—a father and mother, who are also simultaneously jjajas (grandparents in Ugandan), sisters, a brother. This does not even include our other three sisters, brothers, niece, 11 uncles, 10 aunts, and 30-some cousins. That is simply unbelievable! But there is also family at SMK. The kids demonstrate there love for Melissa and pride in their matron Josephine. The older children help the younger with their English, their washing, etc. Family is something not to be overlooked, be it the one you are born into, or the one that you form. We are very blessed to be here and help share the love of family while also witnessing a very close-knit Ugandan one.</i></span></span><br />
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It will be launched right here featuring blog posts submitted by some very lovely volunteers who'll be traveling to St. Mary Kevin Children's Home in just one week. The Peterson/Lutz family of five will be in Uganda until September 3rd, and their visit will overlap with Natalie's (who will be there until the 12th).<br />
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<i><br /></i>Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-88153339811787825892016-08-06T12:24:00.002-05:002016-09-09T12:50:00.659-05:00an old dog jumps through a new hoop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As most of you know, I enjoy dabbling in pastels and have done so for a couple years. I've never taken a drawing class (until now), and I really only started playing around with the colorful chalk sticks as a diversion from photography. When I had shoulder surgery last year, drawing with my non-dominant hand (I couldn't use my right arm for six weeks) provided such a challenge and such an incredible amount of joy that I realized I was hooked on a new medium.<br />
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As most of you also know, I am now turning these naive drawings into little coasters and have started a small business called "<a href="http://www.gloasters.com/">Gloasters.</a>" My bestie Gail came up with the name, combining "Gloria" with "coaster." I've been promoting the gloasters on Facebook and have opened a store on Etsy. Friends have been so nice about making purchases, and I feel grateful that no one has laughed at me yet!<br />
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This past week I did my first art street fair. Eddie and I bought a tent canopy, two 6' folding tables, a receipt book and a few cardboard display stands and offered the coasters to the public on First Thursday in Portland. At $5 a pop, I figured we could sell a few, though I really no idea. Luckily, people did seem to enjoy them, and we sold at least enough to cover all the supplies we'd purchased! (I'm also selling beautifully printed 7" x 7" signed prints of each drawing for $25.)<br />
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Yesterday I sold the 150th gloaster to a friend who come over for a visit (it's hard not to see them when you step into our small apartment, as they are front and center on the only table!). In honor of the sale - and the fact that I've signed up for a second street fair - I drew all evening till I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.<br />
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My Kansas City friend <a href="http://www.kc-cool.com/">Greg Azorsky</a> is manufacturing the gloasters for me. He's the nicest guy, does a fantastic job and is a great cheerleader. I am grateful to have him in my corner!<br />
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When I was a kid I sold greeting cards door to door. I represented the Wallace Brown Card Company. I loved the challenge of making sales, loved keeping careful records and was always so thrilled when customers liked their personalized orders.<br />
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I've always had an entrepreneurial streak, I suppose, so becoming Ms. Gloaster (as Eddie likes to call me) suits me just fine.<br />
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Here are some of the new additions to the Gloaster family. I love making them, and I am just happy that others are enjoying them, too! (They couldn't be more different from my black and white photos.)<br />
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I mentioned that I'm taking my first drawing class. We work with charcoal only, and I am absolutely loving it! Here is a drawing I made a couple weeks ago. Probably not Gloaster material...<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-15003828197270054592016-08-02T09:42:00.003-05:002016-08-02T10:13:32.214-05:00post from natalie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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so they say, I suppose. When you think about it, that gives an awful lot of
power to one little drop of water. It ignores all of the other drops that join
with that bit of energy and start moving forward. It's in that transference of
energy that the magic really happens. It’s what keeps the surfer on his board,
moves ships across the ocean, and even maintains the temperature of our
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Making positive change in the world
starts a lot like a wave in that way. It takes one person to put their toe in
the water and splash around a bit to get things going. But it is the efforts of
many that create real movement. Preparing for my return to Uganda has reminded
me of this simple truth--our efforts are a result of who we bring along with
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">For the past month, my mailbox has
been filled with packages containing supplies that will support the academic,
artistic, athletic, and health needs of the children at St. Mary Kevin. Gifts
have arrived from all over the country--from people I know well, and some I
have never had the pleasure of meeting in person. All told, I will be carrying
the energy of over 60 people with me across the ocean. And just like the
drops of water that start a wave don't always make it to shore, the people I
bring along with me will probably never have the privilege of knowing these
great young people personally. But, the energy they have generated will be felt
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On behalf of all of the students at
SMK, I thank each and every one of you who selflessly gave of yourself to
ensure our students are supplied with the tools they need for school. I thank
those of you who invested in our artists. And I thank those of you who provided
our kids with a few things that allow them to just be kids for a while. It is
because of you, CTT has been able to do all it has for our kids. I am honored
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traveling to St. Mary Kevin this August facilitated by Change The Truth! The
team members include Dr. Stacy Peterson, Allison Peterson, Brittany Peterson,
Ben Lutz, and Sherèe Lutz. We are members of <a href="http://www.uptownviolins.com/"><span style="color: #0b4cb4;">Uptown Violins</span></a>,
a performance/teaching group comprised of family members. The primary aim at
SMK will be to offer a fun-filled, week-and-a-half of instruction to the 28
violin students currently taking lessons. Some students have received weekly
instruction since 2012 with the establishment of the Strings for Uganda
program. Others are relatively new to violin! </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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used for our U.S. violin students adapting them to fit the needs of the
SMK students. This will include individual tutoring, group lessons, music
theory/history instruction, as well as fun with games, crafts, and lots of
love! The workshop will culminate in a final concert where the students can
demonstrate what they have learned to the rest of the school and community. Of
course, we know we will learn just as much from the students as they will from
us!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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violin students and some of our U.S. students have been paired together as
pen-pals, seeking to foster the shared experience that music can provide across
the globe. We have also received generous support and have been given violins
that we will be able to donate to SMK for students’ use as well as music,
stands, cases, rosin, teaching </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">tools</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">, and so much more! We want to thank everyone who has been so
supportive especially to the CTT family who is making everything possible! We
cannot wait for August to get here!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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My pastel drawings have recently morphed into 4" x 4" cork-backed hardboard coasters, which my friend Gail suggested I call Gloasters (Gloria + coasters) and now they have found their way into the world and are for sale.<br />
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There is a whole family of these quirky characters and even a little wooden stand to display four at a time. </div>
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Please check out the <a href="http://www.gloasters.com/">Gloaster website</a>!</div>
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Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-17960700179501491062016-07-17T09:33:00.001-05:002016-07-24T19:45:35.725-05:00cannon beachI just returned from the beach on the Oregon coast. I got to be at a beautiful place, I got to be with much of my family, and I got to make photographs of my grandchildren. Pretty great week!<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-89657749717444687392016-06-28T14:04:00.003-05:002016-06-28T14:07:38.566-05:00survivorsI've spent some time recently making portraits of Holocaust survivors who live in and around Kansas City. They will be added to the extensive archive of portraits and recorded accounts housed at Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. The last time I photographed our local survivors was in 2000 for the exhibition and subsequent book <u>From the Heart: A Mosaic of Memories</u>. At that time, their average age was 80. A few fell through the cracks or weren't sure they wanted to participate in the project. We're making an effort now to make sure all who are still living are included in this important body of work. Here are a few of my favorites from the past couple of sessions.<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-67894270866449915232016-06-22T22:09:00.001-05:002016-06-23T18:02:39.984-05:00operation breakthroughHappiness is taking photographs of the wonderful kids at Operation Breakthrough.<br />
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<br />Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-52974585509002837042016-06-11T15:10:00.001-05:002016-06-11T15:49:23.120-05:00can't stop thinking about brock turner and the woman he raped<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone is weighing in on
the Brock Turner horror story. Open letters here, open letters there, open
letters everywhere. I’ve actually been pretty obsessed - reading every single
thing I can get my eyeballs on. Rather than write my own open letter to those
whose hearts have been broken and whose lives have been shattered, I thought
I’d cull some of the more profound quotes from these letters/statements and present them as a collage. Yes, I
chose the quotes and the order in which I assembled them. It’s the best way I
seem able to express myself about it all right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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she had just been more responsible</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2e2e; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Next Demi Bold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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guilty would it make me? Like maybe they should mark it on the tag: 60% cotton,
40% her fault.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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kiss me earlier in the evening; the face of the man who assaulted my sister, is
burned in my memory.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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someone in a place that wasn’t my room.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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gave me a positive response.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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stopped and thought, this is very strange. She lay perfectly still.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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realized that the reason I could not find her that night, after checking every
room in the fraternity house, after yelling her name outside, was because she
had been unconscious and hidden behind a dumpster. That she was naked from the
waist down.</span></i></div>
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held a ruler to various abrasions on my body and photographed them. The three
of us worked to comb the pine needles out of my hair, six hands to fill one
paper bag. To calm me down, they said it’s just the flora and fauna, flora and
fauna. I had multiple swabs inserted into my vagina and anus, needles for
shots, pills, had a Nikon pointed right into my spread legs. I had long,
pointed beaks inside me and had my vagina smeared with cold, blue paint to
check for abrasions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">My son has never been violent to anyone including his actions on
the night of January 17, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><br /></span></i></span><i style="color: #1a1a1a;">But where do we draw the line and stop worrying about being politically correct every second of the day and see that rape on campuses isn't always because people are rapists?</i></span><br />
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dumpster, while you are the All American swimmer at a top university, innocent
until proven guilty, with so much at stake. I am a human being who has been
irreversibly hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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you that terrible January night and in the months that followed.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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syllables, and nothing more than that. For a while, I believed that that was
all I was. I had to force myself to relearn my real name, my identity.</span></i></span></div>
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your son in your letter; talking to the judge about his favorite
snacks and swim practice and about the memories that are sweet for you
as his father—but to be honest I don’t give a damn and if his victim was
your daughter I’m quite sure you wouldn’t either.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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now.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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and sexual promiscuity are not the story here. The story here is that
young men have choices to make and these choices define them, even if those
choices are made when temptation is great and opportunity
is abundant. In fact, our humanity is most expressed when faced with such
things, we choose integrity and decency; when we abstain from doing what is
easy but wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: FreightTextProBook-Regular; mso-bidi-font-size: 19.0pt;">His
dreams have been shattered by this.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Lato-Bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">You love your son and you should. But love him enough
to teach him to own the terrible decisions he’s made, to pay the debt to
society as prescribed, and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">then</span> to
find a redemptive path to walk, doing the great work in the world that you say
he will.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his
20-plus years of life.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: CharterITCPro-Regular; mso-bidi-font-size: 21.0pt;">THE
AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO COMMIT A SERIOUS CRIME DOESN’T MAKE ONE BIT OF
DIFFERENCE AS TO THE IMPACT.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked
so hard to achieve.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">A life, one life, yours, you forgot about mine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">You are not just contributing to rape culture, Mr. Turner. You
ARE rape culture.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">I do feel for you, Mr. Turner. It's not easy admitting that your
son is a monster, but for the sake of the world, and for the sake of the
countless young women who have been violated by frat boys just like Brock
Turner, it's time that you take on that burden.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: --unknown-1--; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;">I join your global chorus of supporters, because we can never
say enough to survivors: I believe you. It is not your fault. What you endured
is never, never, never, NEVER a woman’s fault.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: DroidSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">My first thought upon wakening every morning is “this isn’t
real, this can’t be real. Why him? Why HIM? WHY? WHY?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Brock always enjoyed certain types of food and is a very good
cook himself. I was always excited to buy him a big ribeye steak to grill or to
get his favorite snack for him. I had to make sure to hide some of my favorite
pretzels or chips because I knew they wouldn't be around long after Brock
walked in from a long swim practice. Now he barely consumes any food and eats
only to exist.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">I tried to push it out of my mind, but it was so heavy I didn’t
talk, I didn’t eat, I didn’t sleep, I didn’t interact with anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He will never be his happy go lucky self with that easy going
personality and welcoming smile. His every waking minute is consumed with
worry, anxiety, fear, and depression. You can see it in his face, the way he
walks, his weakened voice.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">My independence, natural joy, gentleness, and steady lifestyle I
had been enjoying became distorted beyond recognition.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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dreams have been shattered by this.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">I can’t sleep alone at night without having a light on, like a
five-year-old.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">I
beg of you, please don’t send him to jail/prison. Look at him. He won’t survive
it. He will be damaged forever.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">He
is not the victim, and the sooner you stop treating him as such, the sooner he
may realize the impact he had on an innocent young woman’s life. Your attempt
at marginalizing your son’s assault only ensures another young man will do the
same.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: DroidSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">His voice is barely above a whisper and he keeps himself hunched
over almost trying not to be noticed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">He is a lifetime sex registrant. That doesn’t expire. Just like
what he did to me doesn’t expire, doesn’t just go away after a set number of
years. It stays with me, it’s part of my identity, it has forever changed the
way I carry myself, the way I live the rest of my life.</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">I
know what a broken heart feels like. It is a physical pain that starts just
below the collarbone and extends to below the ribcage, it is a crushing and
heavy ache that feels like I am being squeezed. This feeling has not left my
body since the verdict. This verdict has destroyed us.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">You
are part of the rape culture, Mr. Turner. You are the problem.</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">The damage is done, no one can undo it. And now we both have a
choice. We can let this destroy us, I can remain angry and hurt and you can be
in denial, or we can face it head on, I accept the pain, you accept the
punishment, and we move on.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">He is gifted in his ability to understand very complicated
subject matter.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: DroidSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">I want to be a voice of reason in a time where people’s
attitudes and preconceived notions about partying and drinking have already
been established. I want to let young people now, as I did not, that things can
go from fun to ruined in just one evening.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My beautiful, happy family will never know happiness again.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">No
longer can we blame our kids’ poor decisions on violent video games, rap music
or films that glorify criminal behavior. It comes down to us, the parents, Mr.
Turner. It’s up to you to help your son see his wrongdoings, and give some
semblance of closure to his victim.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><br /></span></i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: OpenSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: --unknown-1--; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;">The millions who have been touched by your story will never forget you.</span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: "PT Serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;">The only sorrow I feel for you is that you never got to know my
sister before you assaulted her. She’s the most wonderful person in the world.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: DroidSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: "PT Serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><br /></span></i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: "PT Serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt;"><i style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">I sleep with two bicycles that I drew taped above my bed to remind myself there are heroes in this story.</span></i></span></i></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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I posted up this 16-year-old photo of myself on Facebook
yesterday. I love it, of course, because I’m standing next to Hillary (those cheekbones!), and I
wanted to share that special moment from years ago with my pals. But while
studying it, I started thinking about the changes that have taken place on
that punum of mine since 2000.<br />
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As the face in the mirror has started to resemble my mother
and various aunts, I admit I tug at my skin, pulling it back and up and twisting the
folds this way and that to see how much better I’d look if the extra skin and
the wrinkles weren’t there. I get
facials each month, and sometimes I find myself asking Holly about the slick,
glossy pictures in her “tranquility waiting area” that boast the latest and greatest
in skin tightening technology. “Think I’d be a good candidate for that?” I’ve
even tried a couple of the harmless, non-invasive, <i>expensive, </i>not very effective<i>
</i>procedures with catchy names (<i>Venus
Freeze!)</i>, but ultimately I just go back to pinching and pulling in front of
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My mother had really nice skin, and she didn’t have much of
a saggy neck, so I always figured I’d be in good shape as I aged. But now I’m
pretty sure the skin genes from my dad’s side must have had some epic battle
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(I swear, if I could just do something about my neck, I’d be
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Anyway, the article I saw in the Huff Post this morning hit
home and made me feel slightly better about all things related to my epidermis. I
thought I’d share these lovely photos and words for a couple reasons: a) so I
can revisit this page when I need a reminder to accept myself the way I am and
b) because I know aging women who remain “au naturel” fight an uphill battle each and
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Wrinkles. Laugh lines. Crow’s feet. No matter what you call them, the creases on your face deepen as you age. But whereas many people look in the mirror and, with a collective sigh, lament the passage of time that’s left its mark on their faces, others embrace the changes, and accept the idea that growing older is an integral — and even beautiful — part of living.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>HuffPost photographer Damon Dahlen took portraits of women, aged 52 to 90, who roll their eyes at ageist (and sexist) standards of beauty. Rather than fight the inevitable effects of aging, they see the lines on their faces as a road map of their lives. They are the etchings of many years fully lived — and each and every one of them has been earned.</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why not show them off? Take a look at their gorgeous portraits below and read what each woman has to say about embracing the beauty of every age." </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shelley Emling,</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Huff Post</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandra LaMorgese, 59<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "notonashkarabic" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 27px; text-align: left;">“I am really looking forward to turning 60. I still feel like I’m 30. I don’t feel any different than I did at 30. The mirror image is the only thing that’s changing — and that’s in a good way. At first I did not like what I saw when I started aging because it was new. But then I changed my mind about what sexy and beautiful is — and I didn’t mind. The wrinkles did bother me at first — but once I changed my perspective, they didn’t. I have a 60-year-old face, which I should. I’m not supposed to look like I’m 25 any more. About 20 years ago, a woman said to me ‘I feel sorry for you because you are so beautiful that when you turn older and ugly, you won’t be able to handle it.’ I told her, ‘I’m not going to get ugly. I’m just going to age.’ We think aging has to do with being ugly. But it’s not ugly. It’s beautiful.”</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbara Grufferman, 59<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "notonashkarabic" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 27px; text-align: left;">“I feel good because I exercise. And that all happened after I turned 50. I started wearing sunscreen and trying to stay as healthy and fit as I can. We can look and feel good as we get older if we take care of ourselves. Sleep, exercise and eating well ... all of this is important. Since I turned 50, I wanted to get my act together. What does this mean? What is aging all about? What should I be doing that is different now than what I was doing before? As I inch my way toward 60, I’m looking at what adjustments I should make. My motto is: we can’t control getting older, but we can control how we do it. I embrace wrinkles. I call them my laugh lines — and they are my life lines. Because they are part of who I am now. I’ve embraced the evolution completely. At the same time, I want to make sure I’m doing everything right for myself so that I can age with grace and vitality and energy. The goal shouldn’t be to look younger. But you want to look the best you can at whatever age you are.”</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "notonashkarabic" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">“Your vision of beauty is determined when you are quite young. For me, my grandmother was heavy and had wrinkles and gray hair but she personified love for me. She was 95 when she died. And I still thought of her as the most beautiful person I knew. Now I have really reconnected with that feeling. The people who are most important to me find me beautiful because of the love I radiate and it has nothing to do with wrinkles or what is on my face. Until you have a baby, you worry about your body. But when you have a baby you think your body deserves an Academy Award. Being beautiful is about being present to those around you. I’m proud of the map of my face because it’s a map that shows a long and joyful journey.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "notonashkarabic" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">“Each new wrinkle tells me that I survived and became happy after every challenge in my life. When I see a new one, it doesn’t bother me. After two babies, my tummy bothered me, but my husband said it reminded him that I had given birth to our two children. I think the 50s are the best of all the decades so far. You really come into your own ... no more questions about what to do with my life ... all the insecurities. You’ve gotten over all that. I had cancer in my 30s. I’m still here. Complain? I don’t complain.”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole Paris, 83<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria Leonard Olsen, 52<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris Krasnow, 61<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juliet Baisden, 62<br />
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Gloria Baker Feinsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296825597656621314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32151475.post-42793914364162903142016-06-07T09:57:00.000-05:002016-06-07T10:59:20.562-05:00float like a butterfly, sting like a bee<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I grew up an hour away from Muhammad Ali's hometown. He was one of my heroes. Back then, as a kid, I knew him as Cassius Clay, and I watched every one of his fights on TV. I was ten years old when he beat Sonny Liston. I remember the buzz and excitement of that night. I loved Ali's fierceness and strength, but I also loved his sense of humor, his poetry and his gracefulness. I had never seen anyone so full of himself, but in such a lovable way. Of course, later, I admired his political and religious convictions. And even later, I was deeply moved by the dignity with which he navigated the assault of Parkinson's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My favorite photographs of Ali were made by Gordon Parks. These were featured in two articles Parks did for Life Magazine in 1966 and 1970. The article was in the Huff Post last year.</span><br />
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September 9, 1966, Life magazine featured a story on Cassius Marcellus Clay,
Jr., the rising boxing star who’d recently changed his name to a moniker more
familiar to sports devotees — Muhammad Ali.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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this point, Ali had already won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in
Rome and snatched the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston in 1964. He’d also
become a point of controversy for fans following the champion. Questioned about
his connection to Black Muslim leaders like Malcom X, and his conscientious
objection to the Vietnam War, Ali was fighting battles in and out of the ring.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Life photo shoot of ‘66 introduced Ali to Gordon Parks,</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-style: italic;"> a Kansas-born photographer who, with no formal training, made
his way from photojournalist with the Farm Security Administration to the first
African American staff photographer at Life magazine. Parks had previously
turned his lens onto migrant workers and sixties activists. Now he was
photographing “The Greatest.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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several months, Parks and Ali forged a bond that no doubt affected the shots
included in the magazine. Over time, Parks had found a way to reconcile the
differences between himself and the boxer, and appreciate Ali’s place in the
cultural pantheon. “At last, he seemed fully aware of the kind of behavior that
brings respect,” Parks wrote at the end of his Life essay accompanying the
photos. “Already a brilliant fighter, there was hope now that he might become a
champion everyone could look up to.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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article was called “The Redemption of the Champion.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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work was instrumental in bringing the man of butterflies and bees back into the
public’s lap, particularly the close-up photo of a sweat-soaked Ali staring
wistfully beyond the camera after a training session.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> Four years after their initial meeting, the
photographer returned to Ali’s side, profiling him once again as he prepared to
fight Joe Frazier in 1970. Ali was still controversial and Parks was still
sympathetic to the human behind the hero. The epigraph for that essay read:
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