the early eighties

(Andree here) Dean found these, remember I promised them to you?

I don't know what the circumstances are behind all these Battle Ground High School photos - except for the bottom one, which was the school production of, uh, Merchant of Venice I think - in any case Erik's holding our dog Sed, who had a bit part in the play. (Dean? Help me out with details?)

eat toast

(Andree here) More vintage gold coming from Dean shortly - but let's start with this, also from Dean.

Dean here... Recently got a note from an old school chum, Tim Kohler. We made contact through the new and silly Facebook website, which is actually pretty damn cool when it comes to finding lost contacts and friends. Tim has his own personal fat slice of hell he's chewing his way through these days, with a kid with leukemia. (Andree here: Tim, I hope you'll forgive my leaving that in, but I want to give everyone an opportunity to send their thoughts and support to you too.) He had this to say:

I saw your message about Erik and his site. I am sorry to hear of his passing.
One remembrance I have is that he had written "Eat Toast" on the wall in the
light booth of Stage III. I thought this was funny and adopted it in to my
vocabulary for a while. When I went off to photo school, I ordered a rubber
stamp to mark my slides with my name and copyright. I also ordered one that said
'Eat Toast'. I probably still have it. I don't have a pic of the wall, but
I took one of the stamp...
Tim

puppies are good

(Andree here) Sean wanted to share his nice little Pocket Beagle puppies, which he adopted after falling in love with Erik's Cub. (As we all did.) Please to meet Mr. Dexter Johnson (up top in the sports jersey) and Ms. Winnie, named after the dearly loved and departed Mr. Winston.

"They are the best," Sean writes. "They help remind me of Erik."

and some more photos from before christmas

(Andree here) Yes, I know. But enjoy, won't you?