2006-08-17 05:43
Today I found myself telling stories that involved friends I hadn't
seen in AGES. With a bit of search I found a site that had all of the
contact info I could have wanted, and I wrote my friend Julie. She
responded right away! What a great blast from the past!
Here's my letter... Julie,
I was telling a friend earlier today about some of the way fun wild
times we've had... then I remembered one time a couple years ago I
searched your name and found you were living on Hilton Head Island.
I decided to look again and your website popped up! With a splendid
picture of you, and contact information too! Yay!
So here I am, writing 'cause I can. You passed through my mind so
big today! Funny thing, too, is the place on your website mentioning
people from San Francisco. I've lived in the SF Bay area 20+ years,
in San Rafael, 11 miles north of San Francisco over the Golden Gate
Bridge.
My mom visits Hilton Head Island because my Aunt Flora Showalter
lives there, and Flora visited here last year (my mom lives in Marin
County a bit farther north of me in Novato. That is my own personal
San Francisco- Hilton Head Island connection, which includes an open
invitation to come and visit with my hubby, Bob.
I have never stopped being an artist or a party girl. Last year I
was one of 6 friends (the only one not living in Georgia) who threw a
magnificent invitation-only 3 day party in Athens. We called it
Athens Rewind; a "classless" reunion gathering people together from
the early Athens music scene. My main responsibility was the website
for the party, which I designed and still maintain.
AthensRewind.com
There are many pix of the party there, several of me now, if you are
curious. I sure loved seeing that BEAUTIFUL picture of you on your site!
Here is the link to my personal site if you want to see what I've
been up to art and life wise. It includes a link to my diary too.
LJMichel.com
I'd love to hear from you if you're inspired to write. What's up
besides the real estate thing, how's Perry? any kids? pets? recent
adventures?
Thinking of you today with endless Love,
Leslie
And here is her response:
Hi ya,
Wow - what a blast from the past!
Everything here is great. Perry's good, although I am not married to
him
anymore. We are still very good friends.
I will forward your email on to him as well. He still lives here and
runs an irrigation business.
Kids are great - Caroline is a senior in high school this year and
Drew is a
freshman. So as you can imagine, I stay pretty busy.
I remarried 7 years ago to a wonderful British chap named Bernie
Timms. We
work together and are truly soul mates. Life is absolutely wonderful.
Sounds like you're doing well and looks like a really fun party in
Athens, I
wish I would have known, we would have brought a gang up there.
I still see Aurelia as much as I can and Lisa and I keep in touch via
email
more than we see each other.
Take care and thanks for writing.