Eye Patch
In this transcription of a recording, Patrick talked about cars and jobs in the late 1950s. The recording is from 19 November 2011 when I visited him in Spain. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Tag: Mari
Mari was Patrick’s second wife. These are posts related to her or mentioning her in some way.
Toledo
Here’s a story describing how Patrick met his second wife. So I’m sitting side by side with Jerry Jarvis on the iron railing at the entrance to the Maumee Hotel in Toledo. Out the door comes a pair of women we both want to know. First choice we seem to agree is the one in […]
Billy Sax
Here’s another incomplete autobiographical piece that Patrick wrote about his adventures in Turkey. The earliest version of this file was dated 6 April 1997 and the newest was from 16 February 2011. The latter is what I used below. I suspect the title relates to Billy’s band, but I haven’t checked all the other writings […]
Farewell on Sullivan Street 1960 (by Patrick)
we won’t let you go! tackling me at the knees. gretchen is laughing at this new game with daddy. jennifer is older and cries her mother’s panicked eyes telling her it’s no joke with my books bundled in twenties i lash myself down the stairs, toss them into the vw bug and drive mari to […]
Dear Ones
A quick note from Fred to Pat and Mari about their upcoming arrival on the SS Statendam. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
From a Delinquent Letter Writer
This is a long letter from Alice Berridge to Patrick and Mari in 1964. I don’t remember Alice but she and Edmund appear regularly in Fred’s letters, and he in hers. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Your Letter Was Again a Surprise
Here’s a letter from Alice Berridge to Patrick and Mari, written shortly after Kennedy was murdered. (The letter is dated 1 Dec 1963.) In it she announces the impending arrival of a second child. (I believe that would be David.) JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Lost at Sea and Supposed Dead
Here’s a photo of the Zambak, a newspaper clipping (incomplete) about the episode with a picture of Mari on the cover, and some e-mail exchanges explaining more of what happened. There is a fuller story he sent me on 25 Dec 2013 that you might enjoy. Patrick wrote the following back-story: Here is the boat […]
Don’t Sell the Ship
Here’s a letter from Fred to Patrick from the early 1960s in New York, with a reference to Mari. I’m guessing this is early 1963 (I arbitrarily gave it a date of 3 March 1963) but I’ll need to research the timing of Patrick’s purchase (and subsequent near-demise) of the Zambak.
Diary – Wiesbaden, 25 Aug 1962
Patrick’s entry of 25 August 1962, in Wiesbaden, as found in pages 4 and 5 of his diary. Today we had lunch in a small café on Goethestrasse, our first wienerschnitzel and bratwurst. Afterwards we climbed winding streets and the steps cutting between the streets above the city. From there we finally got a good […]
I Wonder What Images Will Remain
Here are three pages from Patrick’s 1962 diary. I recently found that he’d typed it up, so the transcription is below the pictures. (Click on the images to enlarge them.) Diary (page 1) PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com