What I think she Thought

A variation on my 'Truths and Things I Made Up About This Woman' series.

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The Cheerleader at the State Fair at the Casino Display of the Creek Indians

You see a LOT of wild things at the fair, but for some reason this casino cheerleader really just topped them all today. She was very kind to pose for me with good cheer. September, 2008

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The Cheerleader at the State Fair in the Casino Set of the Creek Indians

I was at the Tulsa State Fair and came across this odd scene of a cheerleader in a casino display for the Creek Indian Nation. I see a lot of odd things at the fair, no doubt. But she was one of the most out of place! I asked her if I could take her picture and she immediately posed in this wonderfully unselfconscious way. She was happy and at peace with who she was and what she was doing.



When I posted the photo on my flickr site I immediately got a comment from someone who said she knew the woman from high school and that she was one of the most beautiful and sweetest people she ever met. I loved hearing that about her.

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Window Washing Cheerleader on a Very Hot Day

They came to me when I stopped at the convenience store, asking if I wanted to have my
car windows washed in exchange for a donation to their cheerleading fund to send them
to the national championships. They are from my daughters' high school (they all
graduated a few years back) and they are currently state champs so I was more than
willing to help them out...IF they would also let me take their photos.

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