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Dearest Bill you are amazing – I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again, you are so brave! Keep up the good work!
love Martha
Gidday from the South Seas, just wanting to blow salty prayers to you Bill, and to bow and turn to you and your generous support for me wee seaside square dance way down here in Lyttelton Harbour New Zealand. We have rolled away and I sashay in your honor. Keep strong and pray hard, heal up and Godbless. xx Cree
woohooo! i cant wait to play a dance to you calling! so honored to play dances when you call. we will see you soon im sure
love
k
Clouds with silver linings…your cloud is a thunderhead and I’m the beneficiary of the silver lining – I am getting to spend lots of time with you. You appreciate life with more intensity now and that is contagious. Love you lots Bubba.
Great to see you in such fine form at the People’s Coop dance last night, Bill! That was quite a time, eh?
Hi Bill!! …and the greater leftcoast oldtime community,
Up here in OakLand, the Pork Pies will be playing tonight (warming up the patrons of the Temescal Outdoor Film Series), donating our gig proceeds to Bill’s health.
You continue to inspire us scratchy-fiddle squaredance lovers far and wide!!
With love,
Dan, Amy, Jordan, Erik & Megan
Hi Bill: I met you at Maggie and Patrick’s wedding. I am sending good wishes your way. You are one of Maggie’s heros and I want to thank you for all the joy you have given to her and the rest of the old time community. I will keep you in my thoughts as you take this long and difficult journey. Stay strong!
Jean (Maggie’s mom)
BILLLLLLLLL!
I know you’re going to come out of this ok, and even more feisty! I guess I just have to echo what others have said — you have contributed so much to the old time music and dance scene and somehow your calling of the Foghorn dances down in San Francisco has to have something to do with the fact that I now live here in Portland. So thanks for that, and thanks for coming to the rescue on that pre-schooler’s square dance last month!
Love you!
Barb Hansen
Bill – If it wasn’t for YOU we (introverts, for sure!) probably wouldn’t be dancing! Your positive energy, your inclusiveness, your fabulous calling style & teaching talent, plus your GREAT beaming smile sets the “gold standard” for the music-dancing community! Thanks for all the wonderful times we have had dancing to your calling & for sharing your exuberance with all of us! We have been benefactors of your skill, talent & love of people! You are sure to get tons of positive energy back to getting healthy & back to feeling ‘fit as a fiddle!’ Love, hugs & Namaste, ann
Bill – Thanks for making Portland a safe place for displaced hillbillies like myself. I sure do enjoy hanging out with you, and I’m honored to have been so warmly welcomed by the Bubbaville world. Five years ago, I never would have guessed that I’d leave the mountains and find myself square dancing and playing old time music in Oregon! You’ve been a big part of making Portland the kind of place worth living. You just holler at me if you need anything, alright?! Vancouver ain’t that far away from NE Portland. Heck, by Eastern Kentucky Standards, we’re neighbors! Plus, I wanna hear more of your tales, especially those family stories. You’ve got some good ones!
Much love,
Suzanne
Hi Bill,
You don’t know me well,but…well, you usually know me when you see me. Whatever the case, I know you, and I’m mighty proud to call you friend considering all the stuff you do, and recently, the grace with whch you have handled your recent doctoring experiences. I think it is particularly wonderful that you have managed to keep that one-of-a-kind humor intact; all of us here love that! Excellent!
My best wishes to you in the upcoming weeks. (If I thought it would help, I’d bring you my best slingshot and cap gun from childhood. In the meantime, I’ll be sending good energy your way.)
Jean
Sending you good thoughts for a speedy recovery. You are a wonderful human bean and set a fine example for anyone facing adversity. Thanks for being so forthcoming about what you are going through and thanks for letting us who love you help you in whatever little ways we can.
Howdy Bill!
You’re definitely my hero!! 5 years ago, I wouldn’t have even fathomed the thought of becoming a career old time musician/clogger/caller – but then I came to the Portland OT Gathering – and my life was changed forever, for the better!
Positive energy gains momentum as it connects from person to person, and your positivity has created a thunderhead of good fun and loving friends in the NW… and we’re going to rain all that goodness right back onto you!!
Thanks for being you! Much love,
~Charmaine
Yo Bubba, Your name came up several times over the weekend at Hiawatha #31 where the west coast was amply represented by the Stairwell Sisters. All were complimentary – go figure! Keep up the positive vibe and take very good care of yourself my friend. See you in August.
Hi Bill, and my don’t you have a lot of people caring about you. This sizzling afternoon I’m baking spinach and ricotta pastries for tonite’s square dance. Person’s gotta eat. The best wishes for a speedy recovery from all of us in Seattle.
Hi Bill,
I just heard about your cancer fight. it’s not an easy fight, but I hope you’ll win it and stick around a few more years.
Andy
Hey Bill, I just introduced myself on the news and visiting page of this blog. I met your nieces at their yard sale in Vancouver a while ago. I’m sending lots of thoughts and prayers your way and promising you a Kenny Hall CD, guaranteed to lift your spirits. He’s had cancer, too. All gone, no more. Now I just have to find my CDs…… Still recovering from moving up here. Big Hug! Debby Jo
Hey there, hope you are abel to read this, Sending you my form of prayers and best thoughts.
I imagine this is a difficult week.
Is it a good time to come in and play for you?
Thurs afternoon or Frid early afternoon?
Hey Billy. I guess I would pretty much say ditto to what Charmnaine said. Well, other than the fact that Im mot a caller, dont really clog much and can barely call myself a musician. But hopefully you can get your medical stuff done with soon and get back out callin and playin and carryin on.
Hey,cousin Bill, this is your darlin’ kissin’ cousin.I am so glad to be able to talk “at” you this way. Costs next to nothing,too. I mean, I did buy up a ton of forever stamps, but hate to use them unless I am desperately out of commemoratives.
I didn’t know you were St Good Sam, until this evening. On the other hand you may have already returned home. Anyway, you have a candle lit for you at St. Ignatius Church in Portland. Can you see its little flicker? Think of that flame rising up and over the city, floating through the clouds, and finally coming to rest in your heart….
Love you, Bill!
HI Bill,
Hey I can’t find you to come play for you so I am hoping you are home, certainly hoping for the best.
Lauren sheehan
Hey Bill!!
Greetings from the midwest! I’ve been totally out of touch with the Pacific NW crew and am just learning about your circumstances. I am sending the biggest and best of good wishes, Bill. You are certainly in good hands there in good ol’ Portland. There’s a whole lotta love coming yer way, both locally, and from all corners of the globe it seems.
and rightly so. You’re a gem of a human being, and I look forward to hearing of your continued healing progress!
Much love,
Ann Carter
thought about you today while sitting in a redwood grove up in west Sonoma County, CA. best wishes