Viola Jokes and More
Some light moments at the Basmati restaurant telling musician jokes while drinking wine and enjoying outstanding food. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
These are recordings of conversations with Patrick from over the years.
Some light moments at the Basmati restaurant telling musician jokes while drinking wine and enjoying outstanding food. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
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. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
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 […]
A very short recording from 23 March 2017. Patrick: Let’s see, what do I need? … I need to know if I need a sweater. JP: We’re going to go out in search of a weather forecast. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
One of several conversations recorded our first full night together during my 2017 visit with Patrick. In this one he talked a bit more about teaching in Florida and the birth of the eldest girl. Patrick: As I recall… let’s see. I was teaching in, where is it? Not Vero Beach, but the next one […]
A recording in which Patrick describes two drawings and how he came to acquire one and create the other.
A short recording from 18 March 2017 while having dinner in Palma. There’s no meaningful content, but it’s nice to hear his voice. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a recording from 18 March 2017 with a lot of restaurant background noise in which we talk about a toy construction set I remembered as a child. We had spent hours assembling a massive structure but I tripped and fell into it one night while getting up to use the bathroom. JP: The construction […]
Transcript of a conversation with Patrick about teaching and being a night watchman. It was very noisy in the restaurant. Patrick: That was in Eau Gallie. [Florida] John: Eau Gallie? Ok. Patrick: Yeah, after that job, my mother in Winter Park had a neighbor who was the assistant principal of a Junior High school in […]
Here’s the transcription of a conversation with Patrick about my mom and some other family members, recorded on 18 March 2017 in a very noisy restaurant. If there’s interest, I’ll convert the audio file to YouTube so you can hear it. Patrick: One of the stories I haven’t really worked on, but I’ve got the title: […]
Transcriptions of a conversation about a painting, recorded exactly three years ago. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
A recording in a noisy Palma restaurant, about a month before Patrick died, in which he talks about playing night clubs in Florida to help ends meet. PM: [I was in] Cocoa Beach playing night clubs with Paula, I forget her last name, a red-headed pianist, and … PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
This is a short, noisy recording from a mediocre Palma restaurant on the 18th of March 2017. Not very interesting, but still it’s nice to hear his voice. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
A recording from 18 March 2017 about Patrick’s work permits in Spain. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.