Here, Jim sits on the lap of Santa - a dear family friend by the name of Chuck Conners - a man who needed no 'fat suit,' and had the perfect Santa disposition. Chuck was a large man, and was a huge influence on Jim when he was young. Chuck introduced Jim to BB guns, CB radios and all sorts of other 'manly' things a young man enjoys. Chuck died some years ago and this picture has since been very special.

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There's probably not another picture of this brochure ANYWHERE on the Internet, and yet I boast that I have a high-resolution image of it here at home! And it probably doesn't matter a hill of beans to anyone but me. My dad printed these brochures. I can still feel the texture of the paper and still smell the ink. These were very strong when printed - I think the glossy texture of the paper didn't absorb the smell of the ink as well as other things Dad printed. At any rate, this means something to me. So I included it here...

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This photo, shot onto slide film in 1978, shows the back yard of the house at 5407 W. Orangewood Ave. in Glendale, Ariz., as it appeared at the time. Note the broken backboard on the basketball hoop. Everything was basically broken.

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The campus of the former Western Christian School (Phoenix, Ariz.) as it appeared in December, 2001. Jim attended the school from 1972 to 1980, before attending Glendale High School.

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This photo, taken in 2000, brought back tons of memories. It is attached to the wall of the home I grew up in as a child, a home I left in 1982. I recognized this instantly and just had to photograph it ... it's amazing the memories a simple piece of mirrored glass can dredge up. Hence my novel, "Glass."

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