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Patrick describes an encounter between two women in the early 1980’s.
Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Patrick describes an encounter between two women in the early 1980’s.
It seems appropriate to post this on Valentine’s Day, that Hallmark card celebration that can nonetheless be used to convey real love. I’ll post the back story that goes with it when I get a chance. i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i […]
Here’s a letter to a sister, dated 11 Feb 2015. He mentions Bob Dreicer, who died a couple of days earlier, Suzy, Frank, and of course Stephanie. There are several poetic lines, including “We use to scoop all that scenery up together. “ Thanks for the fotos. Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too. Any news […]
He knew it was going to be one of those days. A clap of thunder woke him from deep sleep. The tinkling on the skylight said hail, and he threw back the duvet and put his feet onto the floor. It was barely dawn but he could see, just, his way into the dressing room […]
Another one of those long conversations with Patrick, sharing a bottle Scotch at my dining table and talking about life, responsibility, love, and minding our own business. This one is from 7 Oct 2014 and was transcribed by Christine. The audio file is too big to post here, but if you want to hear it, […]
Another file from Patrick’s computer, this one dated 6 Dec 2013. I put my hands in the middle of the table between us. I like the way you are. She placed her hands, soft and small, in mine. I like the way you are, too. We had met ten minutes before. We stayed together for […]
Obituary by Sue Steward Published in The Guardian, Saturday April 9, 2005 In 1978, the singer and musician Stephanie Shepard, who has died of cancer aged 64, and her partner Patrick Meadows, a jazz musician and poet, bought an old farmhouse with three cottages at Deià, in the mountains of Majorca. The village was a […]
Here’s an unpublished poem I wrote for my father after Stephanie passed away. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Stephanie sent a pair of e-mail messages to Sue Steward, a good friend of Pat and Stephanie, and to Patrick’s sister Sue, on 25 Feb 2005, a couple of hours apart. Some of the content overlapped, which is easy to do with e-mail, and useful to do when cancer drains your energy. Here is the […]
As mentioned a few days ago, Stephanie sent a pair of e-mail messages to Sue Steward, a good friend of Pat and Stephanie, and to Patrick’s sister Sue, on 25 Feb 2005, a couple of hours apart. Some of the content overlapped, which is easy to do with e-mail, and useful to do when cancer […]
This is an unpublished poem written for Stephanie in 2004 by JPMD and shared with her before she died. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here are a few photos from April 2003. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here are some pictures from August 2000. Patrick and Stephanie were able to come to California for the wedding of JP and Donna. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
I found this story in my archives, dated 1998. Warning: it has some vulgar language and scenes near the end. She loved mirrors. Every room in the house had two if not three. They were round, oval, square, rectangular, faded, new, clear, gold leaf stained, and cracked. There were fragments of mirrors, and mirrors left […]
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.