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Pamela Reynolds—patron of the arts and work of art

On a visit to a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts affiliate in Martinsville two years ago, Pamela Reynolds was approached by a soft-spoken 17-year-old girl.

"I want to ask you something," the shy young woman said to Reynolds, a Richmond arts icon known for her eccentric fashion sense. "Where did you get your tights?"

"Oh, I don't know -- somewhere," Reynolds replied. The two began talking as they walked through Piedmont Arts.

"I told her to call me Pam and she said her name was Julie," Reynolds said. "She said her girlfriend's boyfriend wanted her to come because she had never been to a museum.

"She asked me," Reynolds recalled in disbelief, carefully enunciating each word, "if one artist made all of this art.

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch

Slugger's Christmas Card - Woof! - Connecticut News

I once had a wonderful friend who had a fox terrier named Slugger.  Slugger was a feisty guy, well named.   Cloie, Slugger’s owner was also feisty, and like Slugger, she had a heart of gold.   Every year Cloie put a picture of her beloved Slugger on every Christmas card she mailed.  When we became friends, and I had just moved to CT, having working in New York City in fashion and advertising photography, I offered to make the Christmas cards for her.  I brought  all my lights and backdrops, costumes, and fake snow and set them up in her home.  We worked well together, because she taught dog obedience, and I managed the set.  Slugger was a great actor, would do anything, or wear anything that Cloie asked, but only once a year.

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Pamela Reynolds—patron of the arts and work of art

Richmond Times Dispatch - Feb 07, 2010

The couple sends Valentines instead of Christmas cards. "She's done that for years," said close friend Katie Ukrop. "She loves Valentine's Day.