NEWSLETTER - MAY / JUNE 2009
t has been brought to my attention by several Concerned Citizens and Lovers of the Arts that my newsletters past have relied, too much, on the lowest form of humor, Sarcasm. In short, I have been Accused by men and women of Honour that my writing lacks Gravitas. "How dare you, Sir!", wrote one respected Potentate of the Photographic Community. "A Pox on Foley!" screamed Photographic Arts Weekly. Well, I am duly Mortified and Chastened by the many missives, personal dressings-down and be-gloved face slaps I have received, lo, these past two and forty Days. To make amends, I now Publicly Declare, that it is, and shall ever be, my solemn Vow, that I shall, henceforward, endeavor to treat my Vocation, with all the seriousness, and solemnity, it rightly deserves.
SENIOR PORTRAITS REDUX
f you will recall, in my prior electronic communication with you, I had proposed a Gentleman's Discount on my photographic services - a "screaming deal", in the parlance of the times. The aforementioned "deal", for Students who were soon to enter their final year of Secondary Education, was, in no uncertain terms, unequivocally and resoundingly Ignored. This has caused no small amount of distress for my beloved and long-suffering Bed-Mate, who has ever bravely borne the frequent pecuniary bumpity-bumps of her betrothed's chosen profession. However, for the past several Days she has, methinks, seemingly resigned herself to her fate, lounging about the manor in exquisite, disinterested quietude, punctuated only by the not infrequent, disheartening utterance, "Alas . . . "
WEBSITUS REDESIGNUS
o counter the cruel, cold Countess of Indifference; to beat back the Baronet of Boredom; and, most importantly, to defang the dreadful Duchess of Dislike, Disgust and Detestation, I have requested that San Clemente Website Design - a company comprised of men and women of indubious moral standing and consummate skill - reconstruct my electronic home on the World Wide Web. (You, dear Sir or Madam, may also know it as the "Information Superhighway", or, more simply, the "Interwebs"). May I submit to you the Address of my humble web abode? Hmmm? I thought I might. Here's the, as they say, link: www.MichaelRFoley.com.
CONCLUSION AND FARE THEE WELL
entle Reader, you have given me much to contemplate, lo, these two and forty Days. During this interlude, I have often found myself betwixt the Temptations of my cruel, juvenile and acid Wit, and the Virtue of my Better Nature. Forgive me Gentle Reader, and please, never forget, that I am always,
yours truly,
