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               Jerry Solom, August 24, 1945 -- July 23, 2019 This is a random image memorial post about my late friend, who died a year ago. I wrote a memoir/tribute to him in the Wannaskan Almanac on July 23, 2020. Here's the link to that: http://wannaskanalmanac.blogspot.com/2020/07/thursday-july-23-2020.html Me and Jerry with Marion in background in Stonington, Maine in 2015 prior to setting sail to Hull, MA. This is an excerpt from the story  "A Louisiana Ruse" by Steven G. Reynolds Published in 2000 in THE RAVEN: Northwest Minnesota's Original Art, History & Humor Journal      This describes the end of a 43-hour bus ride we took from Fargo, North Dakota to Slidell, Louisiana, where Jerry's boat was in dock prior to his voyage to Norway in 2000. I was there as part of the maintenance crew, accompanying Jerry, his son Terry Solom of Minneapolis, and their fr...

A random collection of images: 2005 Jerry's 60th birthday with Marion and little Mallori  A Skype image of Jerry and Marion in 2010, from Hope Lodge/Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota when Jerry was battling leukemia. During the months they were away from home whether aboard their sailboat, Indian Summer, in Europe or when they were in Rochester when he was being treated for leukemia, we'd keep a close eye on their place, as would family members and close-by neighbors. I thought their house and yard spoke of their activity all year around.     http://wannaskanalmanac.blogspot.com/2019/08/thursday-manoominike-giizis-ricing-moon.html is a link to an early Wannaskan Almanac post that includes the three Sailing Indian Summer books Jerry published on Amazon.