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crunch
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Nice article Cam! Never was quite desperate enough to stay at the Powerhouse Lane trailer. Floor (that nasty yellow shag, uh!) was generally pretty awash with trash, glass fragments, feral dust bunnies, wood splinters, random dead rodents. Once, faced with a surge-strip malfunction, my wife Fran volunteered to spend some quality time wrestling with said dust bunnies under and behind his desk (and the precarious piles of papers and books all around it), installing a new surge strip with everything plugged in as needed. The horror... Eric was really appreciative. So was I...
The more recent trailer in center of town was an improvement. Rilke was well-behaved and mellow but the two new dogs Queequeg and Harvard were anything but; their arrival coincided with a rapid loss of mobility for Eric (both with his hips and his latest barely-functioning 300-dollar vehicle) so they were eternally hyper and under-exercised.
Ah well, his was a life well lived. He went his own way from the day he was old enough to leave home without being returned by the police.
It would have been great to have known Eric when he was younger and stronger. He must have been a formidable and memorable partner and friend back in the 60s and 70s.
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Camster (Rhymes with Hamster)
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Thanks, Steve. I wrote that piece for MG and another 4,000-word piece for the AAC on Eric the day after he died. Boy, it takes awhile for them to show up on a web page, though. Then again, holiday break and all, who can fault anyone taking some time off?
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crunch
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CO
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Jan 11, 2015 - 09:22am PT
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That AAC obituary is a really nicely written piece, Cam. Thanks!
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the albatross
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Flagstaff
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Jan 11, 2015 - 10:25am PT
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Thanks Cameron and Steve for the thoughtful writing and photos.
I never met Eric but we did exchange a number of emails some years back. Seemed like a kind, gentle soul who lived a full life.
R.I.P.
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Johnny K.
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Jan 11, 2015 - 11:16am PT
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An incredible and gentle soul. Surrounded by so many incredible people. Mr. Burns, thank you for sharing those precious videos.
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