THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rod@welchco.com


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: September 25, 2010 02:27 PM Saturday; Rod Welch

Ross and Claudia letter appreciating wonderful visit to Connecticut.

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0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 42 0000. ref SDS 40 0000.
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0408 - Background
0409 -
040901 - On 100729 0510 at 1700 Millie died with her family and friends at her
040902 - bedside. ref SDS 16 EK4I
040904 -  ..
040905 - On 100731 2221 memoriam celebrating and honoring Millie's life
040906 - submitted to family, friends, co-workers. ref SDS 19 RJ5H
040908 -  ..
040909 - On 100807 1300 memorial services for Millie at Ron and Kim's in
040910 - Clayton, ref SDS 22 RJ5H, extending memoriam on ending Millie's time,
040911 - reported, 100731 2221, ref SDS 19 RJ5H
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040914 - On 100808 1217 Millie's children packing her clothing into black bags
040915 - for donating to Hospice. ref SDS 24 WB7O  Found pearl earring in back
040916 - seat of car; could be one missing for some months. ref SDS 24 LH6L
040918 -  ..
040919 - On 100808 1234 letter from Karen asking about services for Millie on
040920 - 100807 at Ron and Kim's and reporting the family in Colorado also held
040921 - services for Millie. ref SDS 25 Q67M
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040924 - On 100808 1839 letter to Pam reporting pearl earring found this
040925 - afternoon is now missing again; did the girls take it. ref SDS 26 WB7O
040927 -  ..
040928 - On 100809 0811 letter to friends and family transmitting record of
040929 - memorial services for Millie on 100807. ref SDS 27 WB7O
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040932 - On 100809 1218 letter from Kim notifying that the kids plan to remove
040933 - Millie's belongings on 100822. ref SDS 28 WB7O
040935 -  ..
040936 - On 100809 1321 letter from Ross appreciated memorial services for
040937 - Millie. ref SDS 29 WB7O
040939 -  ..
040940 - Called Ross about visiting in a week or two. ref SDS 31 WB7O
040941 - Submitted confirming letter. ref SDS 31 JV6N
040943 -  ..
040944 - Letter from Ross on visiting at the end of August. ref SDS 32 WB7O
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040947 - On 100829 0700 arrived at JFK in New York, ref SDS 36 WB7O, Ross and
040948 - Claudia got there about 0736; drove first to New York and went to
040949 - church at St Patrick's Cathedral. ref SDS 36 PQSV
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040952 - On 100910 2000 social event at Ross and Claudia - in part a bon voyage
040953 - for Rod, ref SDS 39 FW5G, and to toast them and their wonderful
040954 - friends for generous hospitality during visit the past few weeks.
040955 - ref SDS 39 SM4L  Was glad resolved Google notice "Report Attack Page"
040956 - that previously prevented access to welchco.com, because during the
040957 - party Mike and Marty looked at the website. ref SDS 39 RG9I  Somehow
040958 - Millie's memoriam came up talking to Kelly and Dina; discussed sending
040959 - this to Kelly. ref SDS 39 KN5G
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040962 - On 100911 0800 leave for JFK and flight home.  Getting ticketed and
040963 - through security worked better on this return flight. ref SDS 40 WB7O
040964 - Good discussion with VA doctor interested in improving case
040965 - management. ref SDS 40 OL4H
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040968 - On 100925 1420 letter thanking Bob for chatting about SDS on the way
040969 - home. ref SDS 42 WB7O
040971 -  ..
040972 - On 100925 1427 letter thanking Ross and Claudia for a wonderful visit.
040973 - ref SDS 0 WB7O
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0412 - Progress
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041301 - Letter to Ross and Claudia says...
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041303 -    1.  Subject: Thanks for Wonderful Visit
041304 -        Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:50:05 -0700
041312 -         ..
041313 -    2.  Thanks very much for being gracious and generous hosts during
041314 -        my visit a few weeks ago.  [...arriving 100829, 100829 0700,
041315 -        ref SDS 36 PQSV...]  Had a great time. [...departing on 100911,
041316 -        100911 0800, ref SDS 40 WB7O...]  Almost sent Millie a letter
041317 -        to drop everything and join us.  She would have loved just
041318 -        getting pictures of us at Yankee Stadium, at the Guggenheim, St
041319 -        Patrick's, on the John Deere, Grand Central Station, et al.
041321 -         ..
041322 -    3.  I did that one year with Diane.  In about 1973 or so, visited a
041323 -        friend in Williamsburg, VA.  Called Diane and she got on a
041324 -        plane and flew out that night.
041326 -         ..
041327 -    4.  Meeting your friends was a highlight of the visit.  You have a
041328 -        terrific dynamic socializing with personalities who are
041329 -        complimentary and reinforce a strong spirit of community.
041330 -        ...[for example the party on 100903 2016, ref SDS 37 585L, and
041331 -        the night before returning home, 100910 2000, ref SDS 39
041332 -        FW5G...]  Who says football is just for brawny guys???  All of
041333 -        your sons brought together these wonderful people.  I cannot
041334 -        overstate appreciation for the warm welcome and interest the
041335 -        group and each individually expressed in me.  Mike and Kelly,
041336 -        Marty and Sandy, George and Dina - your friends made me feel
041337 -        part of the group, not as a passing stranger. [...following up
041338 -        toast thanking everyone on 100910 2000. ref SDS 39 SM4L...]  As
041339 -        an observer, you all interact so beautifully it seems like a
041340 -        well written movie with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Spencer
041341 -        Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Betty Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Meryl
041342 -        Streep - who have I left out???  You will have a hard time
041343 -        replicating this if relocation to Paso Robles comes about.  I
041344 -        was there only 2 weeks, and felt a loss giving up that joyous
041345 -        comradery.  I know - shoveling snow is just around the
041346 -        corner.... but still???
041347 -
041348 -            [On 100926 1325 letter asks Ross to forward to Kelly,
041349 -            ref SDS 43 0Y3Y, with link to memoriam for Millie reported
041350 -            on 100731. ref SDS 19 RJ5H
041352 -         ..
041353 -    5.  Claudia, you and Ross have a great thing with work outs in the
041354 -        gym.  Millie saved my life with a regimen hiking at Lafayette
041355 -        Reservoir for several years before heart surgery.  My intent
041356 -        was to help her build synergy between exercise and treatment
041357 -        that strengthens the immune system to resist cancer, reported
041358 -        by Doctor Johnson on 031205. ref SDS 2 7C6W
041360 -         ..
041361 -    6.  It worked well for Mil, but also for me.  The medical team all
041362 -        said that being in good condition brought me through in better
041363 -        shape than most.  While we cannot avoid evolving genetics of
041364 -        age, in that time seems constant in the universe, you have made
041365 -        exercise a life style that makes life worth living for a long,
041366 -        long time. Hugs to you.
041368 -         ..
041369 -    7.  Ross, thanks for throwing the football around, and checking me
041370 -        out on the John Deere lawnmower.  Great fun.  Golf was fun too.
041371 -        Forearms got sunburned wearing a short sleeved shirt.  Knew
041372 -        that was a mistake, but tried to fit in.
041374 -         ..
041375 -    8.  This evening, may get to Stu's paper "On Beauty Analogy Essay:
041376 -        Vision".  Thanks for giving the opportunity to comment. [...
041377 -        shown in Ross' letter received on 100916 2019. ref SDS 41
041378 -        BY5H...]
041380 -         ..
041381 -    9.  Met Doctor Schell on the flight home.  Gathered that his
041382 -        practice is "urology" at the VA in Brooklyn.  Took the occasion
041383 -        to relate excellent care at the VA in San Francisco for heart
041384 -        surgery.  Was stunned by the doctor's comments on SDS improving
041385 -        memory, based on watching me enter the record earlier in the
041386 -        flight. [...reported on 100911 0800, ref SDS 40 UT4F...]  Bob
041387 -        is a senior, seemed at least 60.  He expressed cynicism and
041388 -        frustration that doctors cannot write coherent, useful progress
041389 -        notes.  Clearly, a "fellow traveler in more ways than sharing a
041390 -        flight.  At home, writing up our discussion, discovered his
041391 -        business card says "neurologist" performing surgery to correct
041392 -        brain defects.  This helped "make sense" of his comments that
041393 -        expanding complexity requires help remembering accurately even
041394 -        for people without brain injuries. [...reported on 100911 0800.
041395 -        ref SDS 40 OL4H...]
041397 -         ..
041398 -   10.  So, visiting, throwing the football, working out, sight seeing,
041399 -        meeting new friends, Claudia's great cooking (Ross - we'll keep
041400 -        working on the spare ribs - for sure keep the recipe for corned
041401 -        beef), then getting Stu's paper, and making a new contact adds
041402 -        up to a terrifically lovely, dare I say "beautiful," experience
041403 -        being your guest.  Somehow I feel this notion of "love" and
041404 -        "beauty" can be incorporated into comments on Stu's excellent
041405 -        paper.
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