The Fezziwig News by Stu Jenks

"The Jenks in 1971"

"The Jenks in 1971" (c) ???, 1971 and Stu Jenks, 2012

Found this in my mother's wallet. Was taken at some photo studio in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1971. I was 16 or 17, Pamela was around 21, Dad was 49ish, and Mary was in her early 40's.

I put this up on the StuBlog primarily to show that my sister was once quite the pretty woman. Those horned-rimmed glasses though don't help my parents' looks, and sweet Jesus, did I have terrible teeth back then with the braces and such or what? Yikes. And my long hair just drove my Dad nuts. This was 1971 in the South, you know. And no, I don't know exactly why I decided to part my hair on the right, making a big blob of hairishness. My guess it was I knew if I parted it in the middle, my father and I would come to blows.

But wasn't Pamela a pretty girl?

And i did fiddle with this image a little, but I don't believe in photoshopping away the cracks and lost paper in old photos. They are the lovely scars of time in pictures. And yes, this once was a color photo. Guess it wasn't printed on archival paper (chuckles).

Now available, on the Apple IPad: The Transpersonal Papers (1861-2010) and Bozo In Love

Been a long time coming for The Transpersonal Papers (1861-2010).

Three editors, two proofreaders, two designers, four printers, and hours, days, weeks, months, years, lifetimes, (I know I'm overstating), of writing, traveling, shooting, editing, remembering, hiking, and more writing, shooting, and editing, but I'm not complaining. No, no, no.

And apologies for not having the dough right now, to print The Transpersonal Papers as a coffee-table book as I had originally planned. ($10,000, it would have cost. Maybe someday.) But you now can buy it, for $14.95, as an Ebook on the Apple IPad, and I expect it to be available within a couple days on the Nook and the Kindle as well.

I just looked at it on my new IPad. The photos, text and design look grand.

And as an extra surprise, Bozo In Love is now up on IBooks too, ($9.95), as well as the rest of my catalog: Flame Spirals, Hoop Dancing, and Dementia Blues, on IBooks, Nook and Kindle.

Just in time for Christmas.

And don't worry. All but The Transpersonal Papers can still be bought as a book book through Fezziwig Press. I have plenty. Just go to www.fezziwigpressonline.com, for the hardbounds and paperbacks, but go to ITunes, today, (and Kindle and Nook, soon) for the ebooks.

Heavy sigh from my third story apartment balcony. I look out onto the Tucson city lights in the valley below. Cold, dry air embraces me. I inhale deeply. Exhale.

A very good night in the desert.

Think I'll make a cup of coffee with egg nog and play some Angry Birds on my new IPad.

Time to celebrate.

 

"Unknown Parisian Photographer"

"Unknown Parisian Photographer" (c) 1900, 2011 Anonymous & Stu Jenks

[This small photograph of what looks like a man biting into a bagette in Paris at the turn-of-the-century was for sale at an anonymous art gallery in San Francisco for $4,800. $5,161 with SF city sales tax. Or you could buy a high-end 17" 2.2 GHz MacBook Pro for $2,500, two 64GB IPad for $700 each and have plenty left over for dinner at The Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel. My guess is a lot of rich people are chosing the gear and dinner these days, instead of one very odd, very expensive photograph.]

"Stu at Golden Gate Park"

"Stu at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California" (c) Cathy Spann & Stu Jenks 2011

"Mary's Reflection In Apples"

"Mary's Reflection In Apples, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

"Nurse Wendy"

"Nurse Wendy, Crossroads Adult Care Home, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

 

Wendy, one of the caregivers at Mary's home. She, and others, take very good care of my mother and for that I am grateful.

"Blanket Mary"

"Blanket Mary Watching TV" (c) 2010, 2011 Stu Jenks

"Mary Ann & Scott"

"Mary Ann & Scott" (c) 2010 Stu Jenks

[This portrait of Mary Ann Hesseldenz and Scott Baker was conceived by them, using an evocative still from the film "A Single Man" as a jumping-off place. It was a joy to shoot their portrait and to work with them on this image. And if you are interested, go to their website to see award-winning interior design, furniture, and photography. They are very good people. They are my friends]

"Little Stu & Chester's Tail"

"Little Stu & Chester's Tail" (c) 1960 Stuart Jenks Sr. & 2010 Stu Jenks

From The 2009 All Souls' Procession

From The 2009 All Souls' Procession, Tucson, Arizona (c) 2009 Stu Jenks

[All images by Stu Jenks, except the bottom one of me in a kilt, taken by Tom Willett]