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| Ms Joan Casey
I arrived in San Francisco yesterday and came straight to Joan's house with our friend Ilya.
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Joan's oldest Cousin, Clifford McCormick and Juanita, his wife of over 67 years, arrived before 6 PM after driving up from Palm Springs in one day.
Our friend Fedor came soon after with bags of groceries to cook his famous 'weapon', a potato dish with other veggies, herbs, etc.
It smelled wonderful and tasted even better!
He also made a great salad with cabbage, lemon and pomegranate seeds which complimented the 'weapon' very well.
And, he made a terrific mushroom dish with beef that rounded out the meal.
Of course, a little wine was also in order, followed by cookies and chocolate.
This welcoming dinner ended up including 8 people, plus a neighbor who dropped in.
Missus Joan would have been proud - and very happy!
Afterwards, we watched our Wedding Ceremony on DVD/TV - all 90 minutes of it, with just a few fast-forwards.
A good time was had by all, especially under the circumstances under which we had gathered.
A really good sleep followed.
This morning, Rev George McLaird came by to meet with me and ended up talking with Cliff, Juanita, Ilya and me for almost 2 hours!
He had brought a printed program that looks just great.
So, tomorrow is the day we travel to Sausalito for Joan's Celebration of Life.
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| Joan with some Lad in Dingle, Ireland |
Our friend, Robin Sinclair - who sang at our wedding - produced a short clip of our wedding from the original tape which will be added to the website at Sausalito Presbyterian Church.
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| John with some Irish Lass |
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