Saturday, April 12th at Sand Dollar noonish. Will be Indian Ceremony. Pot luck. Bring stories, drums, and laughter.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Darlingest Kate. Though it may sound peckish of me, much of my contact with Big Sur denizens equals Brooklyn's, which is to say there was frequent identifying with a face and manner and environs, though not always a name or history to match. You write up brief memoriums to signal the cognescenti, and I, outside, long for knowing more. Indian Joe is a name I heard, I may have even met its owner. If possible I would so greatly appreciate even a simple line, a photograph, the briefest history, to help me mourn properly. And I am sorry for his loss of life. And the loss of Indian Joe to all who loved him enough to celebrate at Sand Dollar, which after all may include me.

  • Is this the Joe I have known around the Jade Cove and Willow Creek area, also known as "Tall" or "Homeless Joe". ...a kind, gentle, and intelligent soul, with whom I have shared jade and stories over the years. Just last weekend, he was on the school playground, showing a young "grandson" how to throw and catch a ball. I invited them into the classroom for a quick watercolor lesson. They proudly left with a colorful little painting and a warm farewell.

    • No, Dave. Indian Joe hasn't been around for a long time. I haven't seen him since he left Gorda Mtn, a decade or more ago. He was already dead by last weekend. He had cancer and had been at his daughter's in the valley for quite a while.

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