May flowers. . . .

JHA: Thinking of you and missing you. The days remain hectic but nary a one passes absent some reminder of your influence. The world is so much better because of you and the influence you had on so many. Stryker

Spring time

JHA: For some reason, sitting here in Minneapolis after new snow last night, daylight saving time beginning just past midnite tonite, pictures of the devastation in Japan following the tsunami, and signing a pile of papers to send to a law office in Los Angeles to cooperate in a re-financing you might shake your head about, I was thinking I might open either a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or a nice California red. . . all of which made me think of you, Jacqui and sitting in the kitchen with NPR blaring at Ross Street and two pups using a well-worn rug in front of the gas range as their "slip 'n slide". Had dinner with Phil and Andrea a month ago; we toasted you and spoke of you and Miss Jacqui. We miss you very much John. Seldom does a day pass that there isn't some small reminder of you and what you brought to all of us. I hope to see the Ross Street garden in the next month, but I remain defiant in my boycott of foreign films and silent films Jacqui wishes to introduce to me. Love ya mon, swjr