This was posted at nifty:
Announcement
Approximately fourteen years ago I began writing this story. It was clearly
the work of an amateur, well-intentioned but amateur nonetheless. I always
promised the young fellow it was about that some day I would do a better job
of it. I finally completed that effort this (2016) spring, but the revised
version was given only limited release as I did it primarily as a gift to him.
For those that may remember the story and the young fellow it is about, I
regret to have to inform you all that 'Jamie' died on Sunday November 6, 2016.
He was stricken with cancer in his stomach. The symptoms came on suddenly and
without warning, and it was over before much could be done. To say that I and
everyone else are shattered does not even begin to touch the matter. Any
light in the world for me has gone out.
In his honour and his memory I now release the revised/expanded version.
Can You Spare A Quarter
Announcement
Approximately fourteen years ago I began writing this story. It was clearly
the work of an amateur, well-intentioned but amateur nonetheless. I always
promised the young fellow it was about that some day I would do a better job
of it. I finally completed that effort this (2016) spring, but the revised
version was given only limited release as I did it primarily as a gift to him.
For those that may remember the story and the young fellow it is about, I
regret to have to inform you all that 'Jamie' died on Sunday November 6, 2016.
He was stricken with cancer in his stomach. The symptoms came on suddenly and
without warning, and it was over before much could be done. To say that I and
everyone else are shattered does not even begin to touch the matter. Any
light in the world for me has gone out.
In his honour and his memory I now release the revised/expanded version.
Can You Spare A Quarter