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Ashwood, part 5

Posted on February 21, 2022July 3, 2022

The Yard Sale Decisions, decisions! The dream having been spoken, the reality was upon us. The money had to be paid, there was no escaping that. The house would have to be sold to settle the debt, but what to do after that? Donna had already sold her business and I had quit my job…

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(4) Ashwood, part 4

Posted on February 21, 2022January 31, 2023

The Kids My children had integrated into their new dwelling and their Nashville life fairly well. The school they attended was a good one where they made some lifelong friends, and Donna’s cooking had made a definite improvement over the barbecue chicken wings which seemed to be the only thing their father knew how to…

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(3) Ashwood, part 3

Posted on February 10, 2022January 31, 2023

Other Regular Characters at the house Annie Laurie One of Donna’s best friends, Annie Laurie, was an excellent chef. She could decern every ingredient, and the proportions of any culinary dish, by tasting a small spoonful. Her skills were the stuff of legends and were put to good use as the two of them started…

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(2) Ashwood, part 2

Posted on February 4, 2022January 31, 2023

The Basement We all had a great time together In the basement making tie-dyes and other art projects including a huge, psychedelic fluorescent mural on a large canvas. We also had free-form musical jams with whoever cared to join in. One Thanksgiving the late great Irving Kane joined us on his trombone! At one point…

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(prologue) The beginning…

Posted on January 17, 2022February 22, 2023

“It’s all Sugar’s fault” This is a Love Story I was one of the musicians in “Third Eye”, a psychedelic acid rock band that was “out to tye-dye the moral fabric of American society”. It was wild, loud, and if we didn’t make you dizzy we felt we weren’t doing it right! One evening we…

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(1) Ashwood House

Posted on January 9, 2022July 3, 2022

“A caution and a challenge!” Things happened pretty quickly between Lance and Donna after they met that magical night but when Donna saw the enormous stack of beer cans in Lance’s basement practice room she was concerned she was jumping into a relationship with another alcoholic. This absolutely could not happen! She asked around, “checking…

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How did we end up in Laos?

Posted on December 28, 2021January 30, 2023

By Donna Howley & Lance Harrison “And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?” — “Once in a Lifetime” David Byrne Beginnings Ok… This is going to take a little while so, get a cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and this is our story! It was in 1990 that Lance and…

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Our First Date – Grateful Dead, 7 September 1990

Posted on December 18, 2021January 30, 2023

So, when Donna and I first met we discovered that we had both been to Grateful Dead concerts and I asked if she wanted to go to the next concert with me.  It was to be our first official date at a concert in Richfield, Ohio over Labor Day weekend. When that weekend approached, we…

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From Ubon to Home!

Posted on December 31, 2017December 31, 2021

Dec, 31, 2017 After an international bus ride to the border, a slight mixup with Donna’s visa (corrected by the border policeman  that knows us well) we crossed into Laos ! Closer to home still we had one night in Pakse.  We checked into the room and took our excess baggage to the travel company. Then…

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Donna’s 1st Knee Replacement

Posted on December 31, 2016January 30, 2023

Prelude:  Nov 28, 2016, 5:13 PM This is crazy! Donna went through dental surgery yesterday without a hitch. This morning as we are out walking, she trips as we are crossing the street and actually falls face first, sliding on the pavement. She’s got a big fat split lip, sore front teeth, a skinned up…

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