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Kara K Smith's avatar

Happy to have your Saturday MESSAGE in my inbox again, though I must say I am a bit jealous of your off the grid vacay!

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Good to be back with you, Kara. Must say, the time away was a welcome shift of pace, tho’!

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Hillary Rockwell's avatar

Ahh, love the pictures and videos of moose! What a thrill. It was fun seeing what AI came up with for Burnaby and Celia (grizzly ears? Hahahah!). One of my favorite things about your stories is how you sketch so skillfully and let your readers' minds fill in colors and shading. You're a true word artist.

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Sheesh. My thumb keeps ticking the send arrow mid-word! If you saw some deletes, that’s why!😆

A thrill is right, Hillary. Wish you could have seen those moose! (& TY for your kind words about mine 🧡:).

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Jan Johnson's avatar

I could resonate with the pic of Celia....but Burnaby? Not at all....

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Haha! You aren't alone, Jan!

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Joni Miller's avatar

Dear Cheryl;

Love Your Photos, So Beautiful.

Now what I See In Burnaby and Celia, some How Remind Me Of A Young Blake And Cheryl!

Think The AI Somehow figured That Out.

Thanks for My Saturday Morning Fix.

Joni

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Haha! I’ll take that read on ‘em!

Hope your weekend’s beautiful, friend.

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Lori Wangler's avatar

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I don't know... I think both Burnaby and Celia look too present. I imagined both of them with a faraway look in their eyes--Burnaby's intense; Celia's detached.

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Interesting , Lori. I can see that. The only way I could justify B’s direct eye contact was thinking of him looking into a camera lens, not someone’s eyes!

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Karen Anderson's avatar

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Recently finished Sugar Birds and Leaning on Air👍🏼👍🏼. Read both on my Kindle. AI did a good job on the faces of Burnaby and Celia.

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Cheryl Grey Bostrom's avatar

Thanks so much for reading, Karen! …& I agree about those portraits. A little unsettling, isn’t it? That that inhuman thing is capturing expressions so well?

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