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Day 80: A tribute to Karsten Tindal – KT
KT Man, We flew to Whittier today to celebrate a game in your honor. Your good buddies from the football team helped organize this. Sev...

Gerald Tindal
Nov 2, 20182 min read


Day 79: More words at play
KT, The nights dissolve into mornings with reminders of you more present early in the day that then recede during the day. I think it’s...

Gerald Tindal
Nov 1, 20182 min read


Day 78: Halloween revisited
Dogg Man: Beanz wrote a letter to you while in the desert. We saved it for today. JT Man Zee Zee, It’s October. Halloween. I’m sure you...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 31, 20182 min read


Day 77: Ed Kame'enui's Letter to Karsten
Karsten, I sought permission from your Dad to write a letter to you, because you’ve been on my mind for quite some time now, and more...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 30, 20184 min read
Day 76: Your hat
KT Man, We’re putting the hats on sale today and I have a dream that one day, we’ll be walking down the street and run into people...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 29, 20182 min read
Day 75: Reconcile and resolve
KT, I spent the night roaming about in various rooms of the past. Mostly about you but others were present. I know I had softly promised...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 28, 20181 min read
Day 74: Nothing remarkable
KT Man, Another day and another coin in the meter, marking time. Parked for a while during another day of distractions for the sole...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 27, 20182 min read


Day 73: Contrasts
KT Man, The desert has been a bit of solace. Such harsh land with mostly rocks and then more rocks. Papago Park is almost as we left it,...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 26, 20182 min read


Day 72: Sevrina presenting KT's internship
KT: This letter was written by Beanz in tribute to you. In the middle of the night. JT Ellen, Thank you for such a beautiful tribute to...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 25, 20183 min read


Day 71: Tributes and exhibits
Karsten, The days begin as all others: previously. Even though we’ve migrated to the desert for solace in the sun, it rained. Oregon...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Day 70: Letting go
Karsten, I was given a book by Doug after the Celebration of Life: The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion in 2005. It was a...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 23, 20182 min read
Day 69: On writing and writing on
Karsten, My letter today is about the subject line. The question’s why? Why do I arise early in the morning and write a letter to you?...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Day 68: Ellen's tribute
KT, The recording of your Celebration of Life was officially opened this weekend. I thought it appropriate to acknowledge your being...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 21, 20182 min read
Day 67: Trust and communication
KT, A funny happenstance occurred yesterday. I was helping a friend of a friend whose daughter was having some difficulty in middle...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 20, 20183 min read


Day 66: Under the weather
KT, The weather in Oregon lately has been nothing but sunshine. Clear blue skies not like the smoke haze earlier this summer. Cool nights...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 19, 20182 min read
Day 65: Positioned
KT Man, The days roll by and you seem positioned in our life in an unsteady way. One day we hope to change that. It’s better than the...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 18, 20182 min read


Day 64: We grew wings
Karsten, Today’s letter is about the DVD produced by Ellen. I so wish you were alive and able to view it. Linda and I received a copy...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 17, 20182 min read
Day 63: Capable and unable
KT, The boat’s slowly drifting off. Untethered. Filled with grief slowly turning to sadness. A deep sadness revealing nothing in...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 16, 20182 min read
Day 62: Real and unreal
Dogg Man, The world has divided into two realities: Real and unreal with your death separating them. All was real before August 14. Now...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 15, 20182 min read


Day 61: Journeys and blue highways
KT, The picture is from two years ago on a bicycle trip with Tom Bob across the country: three thousand miles in a month. A journey well...

Gerald Tindal
Oct 14, 20182 min read

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