JP to Patrick and Stephanie (2 Jan 1991)
Here’s a letter I wrote to Pat and Stephanie in early 1991, found in Patrick’s files. Pretty boring stuff, but I do mention John’s death and Mary’s suicide. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Here’s a letter I wrote to Pat and Stephanie in early 1991, found in Patrick’s files. Pretty boring stuff, but I do mention John’s death and Mary’s suicide. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Here’s an article from El Dia de Baleares dates 19 September 1987 featuring a picture of Patrick and Stephanie. Here’s an English translation. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a post card from 21 May 1987 that I sent to Gretchen, Patrick and Stephanie. At this point Gretchen (obviously) was living on Mallorca. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
I’m not exactly sure when I wrote this, but based on the Gary Hart reference, it may have been on 8 May 1987. (You can click on the image to see a larger version of it.) The job reference confirms that it was some time of May 1987. Mary was flying in because Dean and […]
Here’s a postcard I sent to Gretchen (c/o Patrick) on 6 April 1987. Not much news but included for the completeness of the record. (Click on it to see a larger version.) About the Mary reference: Mary and I had driven to Vegas for my birthday celebration, but I failed to make hotel reservations. It […]
Here was a birthday card (in three images) I sent to Gretchen in Spain. It includes references to a trip with Mary to Calico, Las Vegas, and Palm Springs. In it I also issued a musical challenge to Patrick. His response later was that you have to listen to music live, not recorded. If there’s […]
Here are entries from my 1986 trip diary. I was 30 years old and visiting Europe for the first time, including several days with Patrick and Stephanie in Deia. No doubt you have seen several pictures from that visit on this site. This was the first time I’d met Stephanie. I’ll include transcriptions at the […]
It’s no wonder that I shared Patrick’s sense of humor since after he left us I was raised by John and Willie. John’s humor was similarly dry, and his observations concise. By the way, this was written a few months before my first trip to Europe, which was the first time I would see Patrick […]
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.
Beginning in the late 1970s I would sometimes record my dreams instead of writing them down. Here’s one that starred Patrick and my mom. Unless there’s specific interest, I won’t bother posting the audio file. It’s from February 1985, six years after he and last saw one another and over a year before my first […]
A letter from Patrick in 1983 in which he shares jukebox memories triggered by JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
A two-page letter from me to Patrick written in June 1982 shortly after I moved to California. These are scanned so it might be easier to click on the images to get a larger view. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.