GRATITUDE TO FAMILY & FRIENDS / no man is an island

+DAVE FOBES, ARTIST, FRIEND+

+ALUM, DISTINGUISHED PROF+

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>kind homage to me yesterday reminds me of all<

>of the kind souls who have interfaced my life<

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+>>>>> / DAVE FOBES)+

>and i do want to acknowledge all of those<

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+ / FAMILY & FRIENDS)+

>who have helped me & i have tried to w/<

>past blogs but shall continue in the future<

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+TONIGHT'S BLOG+

>renews that effort to recall some of those<

>moments in life radiant w/ the joy of our<

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+ METAPHYSIC GRAPHICS+

>interface w/ our family & friend's lives<

>this blog of course is just a beginning<

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+GENETIC MEMORY+

>has been a fabulous companion fueling<

>my love for everything french…today<

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+RAYsur SAONE, FRANCE)+

>as i carefully studied a map of eastern<

>france so many places are >magical< ! 

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 >our mother & father both had very interesting<
>creole families in louisiana w/ vital links back<
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+>/ CAVAROC / de GRUY)+
>to france that i spent five years researching &<
>increasingly is revealing transcendental data<
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 >louisiana family & friends had >reunion w/ us<
>in mandeville >included (l to r) neal pendleton<
>lorraine pendleton, nikki barranger, gail hood<
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+ / MANDEVILLE LUNCH)+
>della ray, walker ray, caroline youngblood<
>my dear wife marianne & carol barranger<
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 >our louisiana friends are as important to me<
>as our california friends & two years ago i<
>had the joy of meeting w/ several of the n.<
>shore people / (thnoc john lawrence, daniel<
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+>>> / JOHN MESSINA / +
+(LIVES IN TUSCON)+
>hammer, mary lynn hyde, tommy & chris<
>mcintosh,  georgia chadwick and russell<
>desmond w/ carey beckham (s. shore)<
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 >just after that lunch facing lake pontchartrain<
>i photographed my dear brother walker & his<
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+ / WALKER JOHN RAY)+
>wife della out front …(noting the historical<
>link here of our verloin de gruy ancestors)<
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 >back in california, here w / three radiant<
>friends…veterans of the construction of<
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+/ SILVER SHIP ALUMNI)+
>the silver ship is (l to r) dennis woodard<
>dave fobes & chris jung / (daves b.day)<
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 >dave's poignant memoir of days 40 years<
>ago at sdsu recalls this image of our dome<
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+BIGELOW MARS DESIGN)+
>and tensile structure designs seen in these<
>models built by our >environ design class<
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 >the silver ship constructed at a cost 1/3 the<
>average cost of houses in s. diego proves<
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+/ SILVER SHIP STUDIO)+
>that intelligent design can be >affordable<
>(biomorphic structures are also biologic)<
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 >my life in california has been blessed by<
>meeting distinguished designers like the<
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+>>>>> / BRUCE GOFF)+
>great bruce goff (to my left)< & the son<
>of frank lloyd wright/john lloyd wright<
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 >one of my most >multi-talented craftsman<
>oriented student assistants was jim bourke<
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+>>>>> / JIM BOURKE)+
>(here w/ bride mabel) whose construction<
>company is noted for high quality design<
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 >jim's brother edmond bourke, preceded him<
>as my sdsu / e.d. student assistant and ed's<
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+SDSU ENVIRON DESIGN)+
>brilliant career in environmental design<
>expert >arbitration speaks of his talents<
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 >increasingly on my Facebook page i am<
>presenting a variety of reference data to<
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+>> / FACEBOOK PAGE)+
>expand on the design information that<
>i provide in this nightly internet blog<
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 >to my immediate family, bronwen (left)<
>derek center, & bruce campbell, bron's<
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+>> / OUR RAY FAMILY+
>husband (lesley & daughter ashley not<
>pictured) very, very >precious to me< !
>(lesley just sent ashley's ballet photos)<
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+DEREK JUST RETURNED FROM+
+CHINA & WE LOOK FORWARD+
>(google : derek ray / reader<
>/ taj mahal (as an example)<
+TO HIS PHOTO-TEXT REPORT+
+IN A FUTURE READER SOON+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu