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I'm the son of Patrick of Meadows.

Patrick On Wikipedia

JP | 22 Feb 2021
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No, these are not Patrick’s thoughts of the subject. Instead he was mentioned on Wikipedia for his work with Coleridge-Taylor’s music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor#Posthumous_publishing Perhaps a Wikipedia page should be created for Patrick and Stephanie. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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Please Help One of Patrick’s Favorite Restaurants

JP | 11 Feb 2021
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Basmati Restaurant Selling Antiques First off, here’s a link to a story. If you can possibly help, please do so. I’ll explain in a moment. https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/02/09/78901/mallorca-coronavirus-basmati-restaurant.html One of Patrick’s favorite restaurants was Basmati in Palma. Every time I visited we made a point of visiting at least once and sometimes more often. When other relatives  (more)

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The Whispers Between the Shouts

JP | 9 Feb 2021
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Here’s a conversation with Patrick about learning how to really listen to music. It was recorded in his living room on 19 November 2011, near 11 PM. PM: ….. was a great moment for me ……… a few years back, I went to, to hear Rostropovich conducting. I think it’s called the Leningrad Symphony of  (more)

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Coincidental Dates

JP | 8 Feb 2021
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Knowing that there is a maximum of 366 days in a year, it’s natural that given enough time there would be overlaps in events, and so there are. For example, my first day as a racetrack volunteer happened to fall on Gretchen’s birthday. On the fifth anniversary of my dad John’s death–a personal low in  (more)

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Harlan Ellison

JP | 6 Feb 2021
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Patrick met Harlan Ellison while attending a Clarion Writer’s Workshop. The famed writer liked Patrick’s work and recommended him to Ed Ferman, then editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Long overdue in my reading of this magazine (I began my subscription around 1974), I’ve been catching up at last, at least with  (more)

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Thirty Years Ago Today

JP | 22 Dec 2020
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Three and a half years ago–well, if you’re familiar with this site you know what happened. It’s no secret that I think of my dad Patrick often, and miss him, and–you know, all that stuff. Today however is a bigger milestone. Thirty years ago today my dad John passed away. JPI’m the son of Patrick  (more)

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Patrick Would Laugh

JP | 20 Dec 2020
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Patrick would be laughing like crazy because I have been cooking so much since February.  He always tried to get me to learn to cook, but I like eating in restaurants too much and it felt like too much trouble to do it for just one person, even though that’s what he did.  Anyway, I  (more)

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Letter to Pat and Stephanie

JP | 9 Dec 2020
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I found this old XyWrite file on my computer recently, tucked away in a backup folder for one computer inside the backup of another computer inside the backup of my current computer. It was dated 9 Dec 1988, exactly 32 years ago. Wow. Dear Pat and Stephanie, Things, as always, have been hectic here. My  (more)

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An American Holiday

JP | 26 Nov 2020
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am reminded of an earlier time. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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Uncle JP

JP | 21 Nov 2020
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Of the various awards I’ve earned over the years, the badges of honor that mean the most to me now are the titles “Granddaddy” and “Uncle JP.” As I write this I’m in Florida in that latter role while Abby deals with the sudden and unexpected loss of Rui, my niece’s new dad. I’m here  (more)

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Hard to Say Goodbye

JP | 12 Nov 2020
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It’s really hard to say goodbye sometimes. Years ago my sister Heather said that it’s sad when we lose a member of the family, but it’s especially sad when we lose “one of the good ones.” Therefore I am deeply saddened to report that we had a death in our family yesterday, one of the  (more)

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Dear Stephanie

JP | 7 Nov 2020
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I found several versions of this letter from December 2006 to March 2010, but the differences were mostly cosmetic. This is pasted from the 2010 version. Around St. Patrick´s day 1976, I left Tampa with my five year old daughter.  We returned to Mallorca where she was born. Dear Stephanie.  You always believed in something  (more)

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Wiessbaden to Istanbul to Izmir

JP | 5 Nov 2020
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This is another autobiographical story with a familiar theme–Patrick and Mari’s journey to Izmir, Turkey. I’ve made only minor edits. About nine o’clock in the morning, Mari and I stepped down from the train onto the platform in Istanbul.  Beside us were the two bulging suitcases I had wrestled from Luxemburg to Paris, from there  (more)

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Letter to Patrick

JP | 3 Nov 2020
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Here’s another letter to Patrick I found in the backup (Planck) of a backup (Fourier) of a backup (GWG6) folder, originally a XyWrite file dated 20 February 1988. It includes a challenge to help me find a job in Spain, and to develop an app to transmit music between computers via phone connections. (Of course,  (more)

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Postcard to Pat and Stephanie

JP | 1 Nov 2020
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I can’t find the original postcard, but here are the contents of a XyWrite file I just stumbled across that was used to print it. It was dated 8 August 1988. Thought you’d enjoy my first record. [A 45 RPM disc with two songs about racing.] The racetrack has been my surrogate girlfriend these past  (more)

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