Those of you who are fans and friends of Tom Clark, I need you to send bone and tissue knitting white light to him, through the ether. His Big Adventure as a guide/horse wrangler at a beautiful dude ranch in Montana ended on Wednesday when he was thrown from his mount. He is sporting 8 broken ribs, a pierced lung and a broken collarbone. I contacted his mom in Idaho today and found out that as I suspected, he is on his way to or is already in her care. She is an amazing woman, who in her 80's has more energy than most people my age. She will get him through this with her herbs and prayers. You go, Mama Clark and you STAY, Tom.
The smoke lifted further up into the atmosphere today and so things have been cooler and less yucky with the covering. This gave us an opportunity to go visit mom and to meet her new roommate. I am grateful for such a nice lady staying with her. They both have the need for oxygen and seem to be getting along quite nicely. It was a relief for ME because I was dreading this visit. No problem. We culminated the time down in Old Town by visiting my favorite indy book store, which is now called Raven's Tale...who can keep up with the changes around here??? I hope that they keep up the ideas that the previous owners had, specializing in books about travel in this area as well as a magnificent collection of children's books. I picked up the Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (so that I can finally see pictures of the bugs that are throwing themselves against the windows at night, as well as finally knowing that my trees that turn that awesome yellow that I captured in Glory are...Mountain Maple.) as well as a gorgeous new picture book for Schnickle called Little Bitty Mousie byJim Aylesworth and Michael Hague. He has worn me out, reading Bad Kitty, for the umpty umpth time. *I* was ready for a NEW book.
Hey, Alison, I saw a book in the Placerville News today written by a Jepson. It was a very very big book about the flora of the Sierra. Must be a cousin, yes?
Time for some spinning...
UPDATE: I heard from Tom today and he is safely in Idaho with lots of love and care surrounding him. He has posted about his brief adventure and so you can click on his blog, right over there to the left.
If they spell it Jeppson, they are definitely related--there are very few of us in the US. Meantime, Tom, heal well!
Posted by: AlisonH | July 12, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Thanks Lisa, thanks Alison! Got a lot of broken bones to heal but am enjoying being with family - especially this time with my twin who is up visiting our folks for a week.
Life is good, even with broken bones.
Posted by: Tom Clark | July 13, 2008 at 07:14 PM
I'm so glad to hear that Tom is in a place where he can just relax and heal. It's great for him to have such a good friend as you and family around him.
I'm getting my new spinning abilities going and will be ordering roving soon! Seeing your photos of your hand spun have me inspired.
Posted by: Paula D. | July 13, 2008 at 08:56 PM