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"We few, we happy few, we
band of brothers." -JFK
Note that we will be moving this story over to
the WordPress Blog and update a chapter every
month beginning in August 2009 - carbonboy
07-30-09
This is not so much a story about
Donny Laing, my dear friend from high school, as there is so much
about him that I do not know. It is more about the memories
and influence, both positive and negative, that he had on so many of us
when he was still around.
It is also a story of how the
horrific effects of alcohol abuse can be so detrimental and
ultimately lead to unnecessary tragedy. The experiences were bitter, as
they were sweet during that tumultuous time on the California Coast in the mid 1980's.
As uncertain and desperate as those times were for me, unable to
find a job of any kind, I can't help thinking that there would be a
real sense of mystery missing from my life had I not, by chance, met
up with Donny twelve years after our high school days.
My sailing days finally ended in
1986 when I returned to the "real" world. Having
access to a "Word Processor" for the first time, in my spare time, I wrote a screenplay about this
"larger than life" character. It has recently resurfaced,
stored safely in a box unopened for almost twenty years,
revealing some fascinating new insights. It was poorly written
back then, as I hardly consider myself a real writer, but merits a possible rewrite
when time allows.
The early draft captures a slice of life of the Woodstock Generation
with a small town flavor, glimpsing back in the late 1960's, with a
direct contrast to the mid 1980's. It also requires a still-to-be
written postscript: reflections of what it all meant from my
perspective today. Time will only tell if this story merits
being made into a film.
Until that determination is made, small snapshots are
captured here, republished from the original Blog postings, to make
the navigation a bit easier. As you can see from the left
column, there are chapters still to come.
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