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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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Sawing Trunks

Patrick | 7 Dec 2020
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| Category: Misc Writings

Thursday I am pointlessly staring at my tea, now only a stain at the bottom of the mug.   So I glance at my reflection in the glass door of the dish cupboard opposite the table where I am sitting already quite a while.  Reflected is the window behind me, through which I see that the  (more)

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The Joy Had Gone Out of Her Life

Patrick | 4 Dec 2020
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The joy had gone out of her life ten years ago already.  Why pretend? Her friends tried to cheer her up, but stubbornly she held onto her empty life and empty house and empty bed. In fact she came to resent the happiness of others.  Only the firmest of old acquaintances persisted, inviting her twice  (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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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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An August Dream

JP | 8 Aug 2020
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This is the transcription of a dream I recorded on the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima. In it, Patrick was living next door to me but didn’t say so.

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Yes, Lots More Still to Come

JP | 1 Aug 2020
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Dear visitors, I promise to continue adding content as time allows. I’ve been sidetracked with some web site work and software development projects for clients. I just finished another enhancement for a Calibration Log tool used by a manufacturing company. That program is used to make sure their equipment is maintained and certified to current  (more)

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Pension Reiss

Patrick | 2 Jul 2020
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A couple of loose pages I found that describes Patrick and Mari’s arrival in Germany. This would have probably been 1962 or ’63 I think. I found this in the folder titled Bohemians of the Tramatura although the story has nothing to do with Spain. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com

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Honey Bees

Patrick | 29 Jun 2020
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Here’s a sketch about growing up in West Virginia, found in the Bohemians of the Tramatura folder. Patrick mentions his brother Jack, who had a combination safe at the age of 11. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com

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Back Home

JP | 28 Jun 2020
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Aunt Sue sent this poem (author unknown) to Patrick a few months before he died. It looks like one of those memes that gets passed around, but I understand the sentiment. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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People Came to the Bar in Shifts

Patrick | 26 Jun 2020
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Another story, incomplete, from more loose pages, torn from a spiral notebook, found in the Bohemians of the Tramantura folder. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com

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What a Charmed Life for You!

JP | 25 Jun 2020
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| Category: Misc Writings, Patrick's Family

Patrick saved this letter from his sister Sue dated 30 Sep 1993. How long ago it all seems now. Most of it will be interesting only to family and genealogists but some of you may appreciate it. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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Norman – Early Draft

JP | 20 Jun 2020
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This appears to be an early draft of Patrick’s story about Norman Yanikun, which I’m including because it may include additional details of interest to Norman’s family. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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You’re Very Brave to Go on Living Alone

JP | 18 Jun 2020
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| Category: Letters, Patrick's Family

Here’s a newsy letter from Patrick to his mother dated 21 April 1993, written shortly after her second husband passed away. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.

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