I’m Looking Forward to the Big Sleep
Patrick gets philosophical about how the pain will end.
Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Patrick gets philosophical about how the pain will end.
Working through a check list of pain and hoping for a real solution, one that works quickly, even if it means surgery.
This is a fairly mundane recording of JP and Patrick saying goodbye, and JP and Ivonne coordinating the timing of the trip to the airport. It’s not so much an interesting recording as one of personally historical significance. Although we talked a bit by phone in the following month, this was one of the last […]
Transcription of a recording from 25 Mar 2017. Patrick began by talking about a house in Valldemossa and Ivonne’s generosity with her mother, then the topic shifts gears to when to take his next pill. You can definitely here the pain in his voice. … that place in the house in Valldemossa where there’s an […]
Conversation from 24 March 2017 in which Patrick describes his first computer while Ivonne makes a delicious dinner in the background. Sadly, you can hear his groans of pain during the conversation. I posted the recording a while ago, which I’ll now delete because this version has the transcription. JP: [To Ivonne] Smells so good! […]
Here’s a conversation with Patrick from 24 March 2017 in which he talks about a novel called Dr. Weightnovel he would never finish. He did, however, get the cover artwork made, I think by Phil Shepherd. Patrick: Let’s see… Why did I start looking at it online? When I first heard about him, [Dr. Weightnovel] […]
This is a letter I wrote to my family on 23 March 2017. Today was another full day and I’ve not had a moment to myself except for that time during my brief walk. Hope you understand my delay in response. He was in a lot of pain getting up this morning, but eventually his […]
Patrick, Ivonne and JP talk about Spanish history, specifically on Mallorca, during the time when Franco was seizing power with the help of Mussolini and Hitler. Recorded 23 March 2017 in Palma.
Patrick tells a joke, JP responds with an improv game.
Between glasses of wine, Patrick explains how he came to learn Spanish.
The second recording of a snippet of conversation with Patrick, who talks about a self-published book that would make a good fantasy film. Other things are also discussed with JP and Ivonne. Recorded 23 March 2017 in Palma. The first recording is called “Author in Valldemossa” but is too big (almost 15 minutes and 4 […]
Some light moments at the Basmati restaurant telling musician jokes while drinking wine and enjoying outstanding food.
This conversation of 23 March 2017 with Patrick is about some of his unfinished stories. The transcription is below. Patrick: Some stories are not finished yet and it says “to be continued,” and the very last one is obvious, it’s right in the middle of the story. But there are many of them that are […]
A conversation recorded three years ago today, in which I say something that is incredibly difficult for my family members to say to one another. Some of it is in Spanish, most of which is indecipherable to me.
This was a conversation between Patrick, Ivonne, and JP. It started with information about learning Spanish (there’s a separate recording that covers that in great detail), and then building a home, and from there to types of police officers in Spain and the U.S. There are places where Ivonne spoke in Spanish too quickly for […]