My website is finally up! And again, I not asking anybody
to buy anything. Just want to show you my work.
Carole, AKA Carolelorac
www.frankensteingraphicdesign.com


--- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Carole, I couldn't access the pages in the Index,
> consequently  only saw the
> impressive intro.
> Thanks for  the  info - I  will use October Mourning for
> my review.  It will
> be awhile because we  already have some books reviewed
> and lined up like
> Yvonne Perry's Right to Recover.  Books are something we
> can do ahead of
> time so Rachel, the editor, is not so pressured as she
> has many duties
> besides the newsletter.
> Nina Brown is going to be our keynote speaker on the
> theme  "Hope" at our
> annual meeting Nov 3rd.  Your testimony confirms our
> attitude that we must
> somehow make the best of very bad situations.  I can see
> that you are an
> incredibly talented lady - kind of reminds me of what our
> leader of our
> anti-war demonstrations said to me - "I know it doesn't
> make up for having
> PD, but you are a really good writer"!  She hesitated
> saying it, so she did
> understand that as Nina asserts, our circumstances are
> not so much our
> choice, but what we do with them.  Still  hard and
> unfair, but .....grateful
> for friends along the way.
> Hope I can see those pictures.
> Ray
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Board Member AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> [log in to unmask]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: APDA creativity site
>
>
> > Thank you, Ray. I would have to say that in my case,
> the
> > old cliche that when God closes a window He/She opens a
> > door would be true. Although these last five years have
> > been the hardest of my life, the impact of a disease
> that
> > shattered my everyday existence has also led to some
> > accomplishments, however bittersweet. And I am
> certainly
> > not alone. I see this over and over again when I attend
> PWP
> > events.
> > Re: October Mourning, my first Kendall book about the
> > mystery-solving psych nurse with PD, it is still
> floating
> > around, available on internet sites like Barnes&Noble
> and
> > Amazon, and I would be honored if you included it in
> your
> > newsletter. I used my "pen" name, Loren Chaucer, which
> is
> > an anagram for-who else?-Carole Hercun. I did write a
> > second Kendall book ,a sequel, which
> > still sits in my desk drawer. No publisher. As does the
> > prequel I am working on.
> > The photography you mentioned led to a interest in
> digital
> > art, which I started to experiment with a few years
> ago.
> > Many of my prints are showcased on the website I have
> > struggled to develop for what seemed like forever, and
> > coincidentally should be online in a matter of days. I
> > hesitate to mention www.frankensteingraphicdesign.com
> as it
> > is a commercial site,but as the Frankie behind FGD, I
> would
> > like you to visit and just look at the pictures. They
> > represent my triumphs  over a direction for what is
> left of
> > my life I never would have chosen, but now pursue.
> > Take good care,
> > Carole Hercun
> > (Carolelorac to my Sparkler cyberpals)
> >
> > --- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> And well you should be proud, Carole.  If you go to
> the
> >> site you will see
> >> examples of Carole's poetry and photography, but you
> may
> >> not know she is
> >> also a  very gifted author..OCTOBER MOURNING...a
> >> mysterious work of art also
> >> has great poetry.  I understand there are a series of
> >> these books about St.
> >> Fillan's.
> >> http://www.pdf.org)  and  go to
> >> >> > their creativity site and see some of the
> beautiful
> >> >> work of our fellow
> >> >> > pwp.
> >>
> >> Carole maybe you could give me  more info on this.  I
> >> have managed to
> >> introduce a book club section in our newsletter and
> I'd
> >> like to include your
> >> work(s).  Do the other books  have anything to do with
> >> PD?  I've restricted
> >> our selections to PD-related and SCR.
> >>
> >> I can't help but be uplifted and jazzed by the
> >> accomplishments of our
> >> wonderful PD family.  Such triumphs, like Carole's,
> in
> >> spite of great
> >> personal tragedy and disease should be  shared just so
> we
> >> what is possible.
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> Rayilyn Brown
> >> Board Member AZNPF
> >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Carole Hercun" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:21 AM
> >> Subject: Re: APDA creativity site
> >>
> >>
> >> > I'm proud to say that you can find me there, too.
> I've
> >> seen
> >> > much of the art,poetry, sculpture, etc. of my fellow
> >> PWP's
> >> > in person, and they are AMAZING.
> >> > Carole Hercun, Connecticut, AKA Carolelorac
> >> >
> >> > --- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> thanks Kay for the great site.  I found Jean Burns,
> a
> >> PWP
> >> >> artist here in AZ
> >> >> whose Season's Greetings cards she did with another
> >> >> artist I used this year.
> >> >> She still has use of  her right hand and spoke of
> art
> >> as
> >> >> a way of
> >> >> transcending PD.  My last painting job (not a
> picture)
> >> >> was an
> >> >> impressionistic Monet-like-flowered bird house... I
> >> don't
> >> >> see  how they do
> >> >> it.  Some great poetry and bios too....you can
> spend
> >> lots
> >> >> of time here.
> >> >> Ray
> >> >>
> >> >> Rayilyn Brown
> >> >> Board Member AZNPF
> >> >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> >> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Kay Mixson Jenkins" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:07 AM
> >> >> Subject: Re: Making music with what you've got left
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Ray
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We all should stop for one minute and think about
> a
> >> >> story, a  fairy tale,
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > quote that made us stronger, wiser or just gave
> us a
> >> >> little  swift kick to
> >> >> > try
> >> >> > and make a difference in our lives or someone
> else.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This is a nasty hateful disease that we have, I
> know
> >> >> what is going to
> >> >> > happen
> >> >> > to me and I am scared of the future, but I have
> not
> >> >> stop believing  or
> >> >> > hoping. Please keep sharing all that you do with
> us.
>
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