Friday, September 18, 2009
Dear Deb and Family I'm so sorry for your loss. If ever a man could light up a room just by walking into it, Bill Howes could. Bold, boisterous, but what I'll remember most were his smile, his laughter, and the sparkle of wit and intelligence in his eyes. Oh!, the stories we could tell! Thinking back over the thousands of hours that he and I spent together, in the orchards, at the ball diamond, in the bars, and at your kitchen table, I realise what a close friend he was to me, and suddenly miss him terribly. Al