A Special Thanks

A Special Thanks

Of course The Bench would have never made it to print if not for the help of two very special people. My Mom and stepfather. My Mom spent countless hours setting at a typewriter (yep a typewriter) typing up The Bench. As you can see from the attached copy of the handwritten version of "The Bench", Mom had a ton of corrections to make. I guess it was a good thing we weren't turning the book in for a grade. Once Mom completed the typed version she then turned it over to Dale (My Stepfather) to be printed. Since Dale was a printing teacher at a vo-tech school we were able to actually get the book printed. Dale designed the artwork for the front and back covers and then printed up several copies of the book. If I remember right we sold the book for .50 to try to help cover the cost of the printing.

Dale passed away in 2009 but his life lives on in the work he did on The Bench and more importantly in the many lives he touched. To honor the work that Dale did on the book I wanted the cover of the new book to have somewhat the same feel. Dana Jordan, a graphic artist friend of mine worked on the new design and I felt like she did a great job of capturing a retro feel of the '70's as well as the look of The Bench for the new cover.  Check out Dana's websites at http://www.cottongindesign.artfire.com/ & www.facebook.com/cottongindesign