I'm sorry it took so long to get this out. I finally figured out how to attach multiple pages to a post. After installing 2 different conversion programs I was able to get my text into a format I could attach. Stoner could have walked me through it in a couple of minutes... In a way, because of his ill health, I think it's better he left when he did because Covid-19 is rampaging through long term care facilities here in Minnesota, and his lungs were his worst health issue. He was on heavy meds when he went, and according to the nurses he passed peacefully, as if in his sleep, which is the best any of us can hope for. What bothers me is that his sister, his last remaining close relative, hasn't scheduled a memorial service for him yet; because of this I will start on the next Stoner Tales. This place was closer to him than any family he had out there, so if a memorial is to be written for him it deserves to be seen here, where his real family is. Thanks for taking the time to read #1; I'll get #2 posted very soon.
.....I had great friends who lived a half hour from his old stomping grounds in NY..
I use to visit there frequently in the 70's and 80's, so he and I compared notes a lot..
... In a way, because of his ill health, I think it's better he left when he did because Covid-19 is rampaging through long term care facilities here in Minnesota, and his lungs were his worst health issue.