Happy Birthday Pat, May 20th, 2011

Dear Pat,

Happy Birthday to you. It's going to be a beautiful day here, perfect for a birthday walk. Thinking about you today as I do each day and hoping you're laughing.

Never short on stories about you but seem to be short on words today.

"Be brief", as you might say if I were on the phone with you.

Happy Birthday, love you lots.

Xochi

Fax & Note Man

So, I was going through a box in the attic and came across a stack of faxes & notes from Pat. Funny. There's a reason I saved many of his notes. Mostly, they made me smile and still do. His handwriting was one of a kind. When we both had fax machines, he loved to fax jokes, notes, sometimes it was truly just to say "I love you" and send me a quote to remember. As you can see here, this was one of his original aliases, Otto. If he stopped by my house, he'd always leave a note. He made endless lists and then loved scratching out things he had accomplished...and then he'd make another list. ha.

So Pat, thanks for all the notes. Love you lots.

Xochi