Dear Carolyn,
Many years ago I purchased a copy of your “Climates of the Mind” in a gift shop along the coast near Big Sur. I read it through and enjoyed it very much. At that time of my life I found it inspirational primarily because of my love of nature and philosophy of life. I photograph nature under the name “Living Images”.
Within the past two years, I have had major surgeries for removal of two separate cancers. The last surgery was for pancreatic cancer, which was detected early. The probabilities for my survival of this cancer are not good but I am spending every minute and day enjoying life while preparing for the ultimate fate. I am now re-reading and studying “Climates of the Mind” and “Satan Sleeps with the Holy”. I am also authoring my third book entitled “Best of Living Images”, which incorporates many quotations of others and my own sayings correlated with my photography of nature. I wish to include several quotations from your books and would like you to be aware of my using and citing your wonderful insights and talents with wording. You are indeed a poetess extraordinaire.
I plan to write a description of you and your talents in the forward or introduction of the book. If you have any objections to my using these published quotations and citing them properly, please respond with such objections. I also seek your concurrence and would acknowledge
such accordingly in the book.
Thank you for your time and I wish you well.
Sincerely,
John C. Schneider
