August 31th Dan & Larry

Aunt Pat cool cat sipping liquid turkey thru a straw Little sister dissed a twister healing rather quickly from her fall Skinned up skinhead upright in bed getting love and spirit from us all

Not a lot to report today so far. Apparently she's resting after a big day yesterday. Everyone's still very encouraged. Check the website for new pics, especially "Aunt Pat Cool Cat" (which I just sent and may take a bit to be put up). Dan

This is absolutely worth sharing, from my wife's brother who is a professor at the University of Oklahoma and specializes in Indian history. Dan Some of my Kiowa and Comanche students, learning about "Aunt Pat's" condition last week, held an "honor dance" for her at Carney over the weekend. One of the Kiowa boys told me, "Yeah, we danced pretty good. Everybody was feelin' real good about things; though we kinda messed up on the name. It don't really matter, as long as the songs are right and the prayers are felt in the heart and carried by the sound of the drum. We kept singing for Patty MacLeod Whose-Other-Last- Name-Sounds-Like-Smith-But-Isn't-We-Think. Anyway, it rymned O.K." So when Patty starts "answering the door," and after the first thousand or so greetings and thoughts from loved ones and friends, you might tell her about the Kiowa and Comanche boys around Carney, Oklahoma, dancing by the warm, yellow light of Saturday's gibbous moon for her quick and complete recovery. "It was a good day to dance--night, too," as James Anko said. Ajo! Les