Two Talented Young Women 

Natalie writes brilliant stories, and was writing poetry by 4^th grade that made her teachers weep.  Here is one of her photographs that most observers consider stunning.  The subject is her sister Colleen.  Photo copyright Natalie St. John, 1998. 

Here is how Natalie describes her process of rewriting and reworking a story: 

"Hi pops,

I took yer advice to heart and did some serious cutting and pasting, as well as eliminating, expounding, revising and restructuring.  I thought outside the box, down-sized, found pro-active solutions to real-life problems, worked smarter instead of harder, and organized a values-based committee to objectively evaluate the company culture and brain-storm ideas for increasing department morale, while at the same time embracing diversity, keeping in mind the clearly stated objectives of the corporate mission statement, and eliminating unnecessary expense by firing the think-tank, and hiring twelve year old Indonesians to do the job.

Thanks."

Colleen writes hilarious stories and does a great stand-up, if she knows you well enough to let her hair down.  She is a scream when she does her impressions, accents, and funny voices.  I will post an example of her humor as soon as I can get one out of her.