Havana
This story paints, in very broad strokes, Patrick’s take on meeting my mom, getting married, and becoming a parent. Although Patrick titled this piece Havana, that Cuban city is referenced only in passing.
Eight Years
A few thoughts about the eighth anniversary of Patrick’s death.
Happy 90th Birthday
Here’s a 2011 recording from Spain in honor of today, what would have been Patrick’s 90th birthday.
Complicated People
Recording with Patrick and Christine about complicated people.
Church Music
Since today is a religious holiday for a lot of people, I thought I would relate this story that Patrick told me. In the little town of Deya, there is a church up on top of the hill. Patrick played the Sunday music for a couple of years there. He explained that the priest finally […]
Twenty Years Ago Today
We offered to help Patrick while Stephanie was in the hospital. This was his response.
The Pleasure of Working with Patrick
Imagine if you have to proof-read not just in one dimension horizontally, as you do with text, but in two, as you have to with a musical score, especially an orchestral one with maybe forty staves in the vertical dimension. It was this challenge that brought Patrick and me together.
My Mom Died
Patrick’s first wife Donna passed away early Saturday morning on the 14th of October 2023.
Revisiting Patrick’s Memorial Concert
Thinking again about Patrick’s memorial concert, and a link to the Libertango that Misha’s orchestra performed that night.
Birthday 89
Thinking about Patrick on his 89th birthday.
Stephanie Came to Buy the McKinley House
This is a conversation describing what would have been part of his unfinished book “Bohemians of the Tramantura.“ Patrick: Let’s see, I think I’ve got this all written down, I don’t know why I’m telling it. Stephanie came to Mallorca before I did, with the idea of, with her husband, buying the house next door […]
Obituary from the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation
Here’s a link to the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, specifically the obituary that Lionel wrote: https://sctf.org.uk/2017/05/14/r-i-p-patrick-meadows-1934-2017/ The article is dated 14 May 2017, six years ago today. (The photo is from the article.) My niece discovered it when searching for pictures of her grandfather.
Mother’s Day 2017, in Spain
A few notes I recorded on Mother’s Day 2017 while in search of coffee in Spain. Posted exactly six years later, but I’ll reset the date a few weeks from now.
Dear Patrick (One Year Later)
A letter to Patrick, written one year after his death, but not shared on the website until much later.
On Tribes and Family
Here’s a 2014 recording of a conversation about friends and family and the choices we make, Patrick said “Choose the people that are important in your life.” It’s good to hear his voice again.