Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
These are letters from Fred, a close friend of Patrick’s. The two traveled together and corresponded frequently. Their letters read like literary works.
My father is referenced in the very first line, and Lois is mentioned later. I think this is one of Fred’s poems, but I’m not sure. The penmanship in the note matches a 1971 letter of his to a reasonable degree (the L and W in particular) and he references Bob, so I think my […]
I found this a while ago and posted the letter that was attached to this story, but failed to share the story itself, an error remedied here. By the way the letter concluded with: When you’re sitting down, with coffee & cigarette, anything seems possible. 1 From his mother’s house in Salisbury, Fred called his […]
Here’s a letter from Fred to Patrick in which he remembers some of their earlier adventures together. I found it in a Word document dated 1 Dec ‘5, but I don’t know when it was actually written. My guess is that it’s from the early 2000’s, after they had established an e-mail connection, since I […]
e-mail letter from Fred to Patrick and Stephanie on 14 Feb ‘1, which Patrick sent to me on 8 Sep ’15 as part of a large collection. Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 Subject: Greetings . . . to you’all, dere Stephanie & Pat, i miei valentini, Yep, I finished a whole novel. Loved AN EQUAL […]
e-mail letter from Fred to Patrick and Stephanie on 31 Jan ‘1, which Patrick sent to me on 8 Sep ’15 as part of a large collection. Yep, did get yours & yours, dear Stephanie, & have no explanation. suspect it was my server. Address remains the same & is in order now — I […]
e-mail letter from Fred to Patrick on 27 Jan ‘1, which Patrick sent to me on 8 Sep ’15 as part of a large collection. Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 14:52:22 -0500 Subject: musick & cosi varii Greetings J & p, Can not pull up the S. T. Coleridge nonet. Try it again please. Sounds […]
This is a letter from Fred to Patrick and Lois, dated 19 Sep 1971. Much of it relates to writing and manuscripts that are in the works. As usual, click on the image for a possibly larger version.
Here’s a letter to Pat and Lois from Fred, dated 30 March 1971, just before he traveled to Rome. “Let’s build walls and climb and play chess and have good talk.” Note the postscript about Lt. Calley being found guilty for the My Lai massacre.
Letter from Fred to Patrick, dated 4 March 1971 (48 years ago today), that closes with a reference to the fetus that would become my sister Allison.
Here’s a letter from Fred to Pat and Mari. My guess is it’s from 1963 since it alludes to Greece and perhaps the Zambak. I haven’t retyped it…. hopefully the scanned pages are readable. Fred opens with “There are complications” and closes with “Men are sometimes masters of their fates — but on only the […]