| PICTURES IN THE PORTRAIT OF A NEW LIFE ********** A DIRECTORY |
| This chapter deals with my departure from Wisconsin following the death of my wife, Susan. I wanted to visit with relatives and friends in California whom I had not seen for many years, in some cases, many decades. Along the way I spent a lot of time and thought reviewing my life in Taft, California. |
| SPRING BREAK MARCH, 2002 |
| In March 2002 my stepfather, Skip Werling, died of liver cancer. I had visited with him in December, 2001, and he was in good health and we had a wonderful time together, spending the day driving about Taft, and sharing meals at mid-day. Following his funeral, I travelled to some of the coastal cities, Pismo and Santa Barbara and visited the Ronald Reagan Library. |
| TRAVELS TO LONDON AND SPAIN WITH ROSALIE, JUNE 2002 |
| Since high school, I have been interested in the Bullfight. In June, my sister, Rosalie, and I travelled to Madrid and Sevilla where I not only saw three Corrida's at Las Ventas, Madrid, but toured the national museum, Prado, and the Royal Palace. Lots of impressions about Spain, and the bullet train to Sevilla turned the day into a real treat. Rosalie and I got really interested in fashion on the streets and lovers in public. |
| FALL AND WINTER, 2002-2003 |
| Toward the end of the summer, I took up an email conversation with Linda Hannon Reed, a Taft High School classmate, but one I did not know. In August, I traveled to Bakersfield to meet her for the first time. This visit began a courtship that culminated in our marriage January 21, 2003 and our honeymoon in Hawaii, February, 2003. |
| In late April, we had the good fortune to attend a lovely wedding in San Francisco, then left soon after for Texas, to meet Linda's sister, Judy, cousin Allan and visit the LBJ Library in Austin and the Dealy Plaza, Dallas, where JFK was shot. Texas was great! A week home to rest and then we were off again to meet Linda's relatives in Iowa, and my children in Minneapolis. |
| OUR BALTIC CRUISE? |
| RECENTLY, WE WENT TO LIMA... AND WE DID NOT WALK. |
| OUR EUROPEAN TRIP, AUGUST 2006 BUDAPEST TO DOVER |
| Designed byJØERN UTZEN |
| TABLE OF EIGHT: Front Row: Shirley, Rick, Susan. Second Row: Dick, Linda, Ed, Marietta, Tommie. Rick produced Broadway: The Golden Age, to be examined at www.broadwaythemovie.com Stay in touch with his projects on Broadway and on Fay Wray at: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1003580207 |
