{"id":325,"date":"2014-03-04T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/?p=325"},"modified":"2014-03-04T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:06:15","slug":"fan-mail-for-sketches-of-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Fan Mail For Sketches of Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mug-of-Pens-w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-329\" alt=\"Mug of Pens-w\" src=\"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Mug-of-Pens-w.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>What a wonderful surprise to receive a letter in the mail from Jackie W. in British Columbia. She was thrilled to receive a copy of Sketches of Saskatoon as a gift from her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so rewarding to hear how much this collection of sketches means to people both near and far. Here are a few excerpts from her letter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Your heartfelt tribute to this charming city is so appreciated. Your sketches are very well done and beautifully presented with your personal comments. Thank you for conceiving such a wonderful idea.<\/p>\n<p>I also consider Saskatoon to be my hometown. Ever since I was a little girl (and I am now in my eighties) Saskatoon has remained a focal part of my life. I lived there for many years and now visit on occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Along with my father, a WWI veteran, I remember attending memorial services at the cenotaph when it long ago graced the center of 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street. I have listened to concerts at the Vimy Memorial band shell, and more recently I have walked the Meewasin Trail. I also had a memorable experience on the Prairie Lily Riverboat on the South Saskatchewan River, where the Bess is a focal point of interest.<\/p>\n<p>I have lived here in BC for more than twenty years. Yet my heart belongs to Saskatoon. I am so grateful for your insight in producing this treasure. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019d love to hear what Sketches of Saskatoon has meant to you. Drop me a line with your comments any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful surprise to receive a letter in the mail from Jackie W. in British Columbia. She was thrilled to receive a copy of Sketches of Saskatoon as a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30,8,31,5,6,9,4,7],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-appreciation","tag-art","tag-fan-mail","tag-pat-katz","tag-pauseworks-studio","tag-saskatoon","tag-sketches-of-saskatoon","tag-watercolor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/sketcheswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}