MARIAN'S FAMILY ON FACEBOOK / sent me wonderful greetings !

+MARIAN OLSEN RAY+

>like<

>MARIANNE CONWAY RAY+

>my two wonderful wives are on my mind<

>as i work on this blog alone in the night<

+(DEEP IN THE >NIGHT+

+ART FOCUS is VITAL)+

>i feel their love through time and space<
>and this >means so very much to me< !
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+ART & LIFE SYNERGIZE+
>in this blog as they had synergized in the<
>graphic archive books put together over<
+(BLOG AS A WORK OF+
+COLLAGE GRAPHICS)+
>the quarter century effort in lajolla and<
>some extra based on >marianne and i<
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+MARIAN LIKE MARIANNE+
>was very photogenic and for marian's<
>family in louisiana who i was so very<
+(FOUR PHOTOS FOR+
+MARIAN'S FAMILY)+
>happy to hear from on Facebook this<
>week i have selected 4 special photos<
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 >marian, toward the end of her life, acquired<
>a sweet, peaceful visage despite illness that<
+(MARIAN'S RADIANT+
+WINNING >SMILE 01)+
>eventually caught up w/ her just before the<
>new year of 2004 / (she was born in 1936)<
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 >marian was >born in new orleans and she<
>was very >happy when we stayed at the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ SUGAR PLANTATION)+
>famed oak alley plantation in a beautiful<
>bungalow, one of several added in back<
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 >this is where i >work on the i-mac< deep<
>in each night, alone, except for marianne<
+(HONORING MY WIFES+
+MEMORY VERY VITAL)+
>asleep in the next room & marian peering<
>over my shoulder as i try to write poetry<
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 >the map of france ® michelangelo, architect<
>poster © and louisiana jungle exploration (l)<
+(AROUND THE >WORLD<+
+THIS STUDIO REACHES)+
>graphics are staes of my blog-cast studio w/<
>many drawings , graphics & books below<
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 >the blog studio is a standard sized room<
>filled w/ books, design drawings, archive<
+(PRECIOUS >ARCHIVE+
+IN MY BLOG STUDIO)+
>geaphic binder book, maps, letters, and<
>framed painings, graphics & magazines<
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 >although the >main library of my books is<
>downstairs the shelves assembled by dave<
+(ST BERNARD BOOK &+
+PROVENCE >CICADA)+
>fobes & jim bourke (they volunteered for<
>philip's info) >special books are up stairs<
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>st bernard started the >de gruy family<
+(REF: de GRUY NOLA+
+DOME SUGAR MILL)+
>knights templar architectural tradition<
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>saint bernard's >clairvaux monastery was<
>only 15 km from degruy magny fouchard<
+(ST BERNARD OUR+
+FAMILY >HERO<)+ !
>chateau / here he started knights templars<
>& designed 200+ monasteries, cathedrals<
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 >my hope is that >st bernard would like< my<
>use of new orleans creole vernacular design<
+(FINAL DESIGN CONCEPT+
+/ CITY OF NEW ORLEANS)+
>for affordable, strong new orleans 9th ward<
>housing w/ gardens and tilt-up conc. walls<
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 >metaphysical graphics began w/ thousands<
>of vernacular housing street photographs<
+(PHOTOS LOOKING FOR+
+ / CREOLE ANCESTORS)+
>(especially focused on >ruins in jungles)<
>looking for traces of our french families<
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 >at sdsu in my classroom, each morning<
>i would assemble the references for the<
+(CUTTING EDGE DATA @+
+SDSU ENVIRON DESIGN)+
>day's lessons drawing on equal doses<
>of >international & domestic material<
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 >at home on >special occasions , here is<
>lesley's high school graduation, we had<
+(MARIAN LOVED+
+>FAMILY< LIFE)+ !
>many >celebrations which marian< was<
>especially delighted  (she loved family)<
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>here is >marian in the beauty found in<
>the >gardens of cap ferrat france one<
+(MORNINGS ON >CAP+
+FERRAT / PRECIOUS)+
>of our very favorite places on earth<
>/ marian was a >dedicated traveler<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>is deeply felt for dave fobes who for<
>a year nightly arranged transmission<
+(PROF DAVID FOBES+
+/ ARTIST 1ST CLASS)+
>of this blog that reaches around our<
>planet earth over both great oceans<
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+PLEASE SEE FACEBOOK+
>(google : eugene ray<
> / marian olsen ray)<
+FOR ADDITIONAL INFO+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu