March 6, 2004

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  Photo and enhancement by Chris Duffy

  
  

  These flowers are for Marvin Clarke who died today.  Although I only met him once (for a whole week though) I considered him a very dear friend.  My sister Alice had known Marvin for some time. She met him over the internet when she first started using a computer and AOL.  They were unlikely friends, he was 70 something and she was in her late 40′s. He was a physicist and she an artist, but they had similar likes listed in their profiles and that’s how they met.  Eventually Marvin and Hazel ( his wife) came to Oklahoma to meet Alice and her husband and then when they invited Alice to come to Florida for a vacation they asked me to join her.  He was our guide and constant companion for most of that week.  It was like he wanted us to experience all that he loved about Florida.  He took us hiking, to the beach, to the everglades and even to a butterfly house.  We had a wonderful time and it’s sad to think he’s gone now.

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