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Dan and Tracy’s Collage

My friends Dan and Tracy love books, gardens, music, fine food, and wine. This collage is for them!

Dan and Tracy's Collage by Catherine Raine, 2013
Dan and Tracy’s Collage, Catherine Raine, 2013

The boar with the headdress symbolizes Dan’s connection to Kansas City, Missouri. In that city, a statue of a boar lives on 47th Street, and he brings luck to people who rub his brass nose and drop a coin in a box.

Dan and Tracy's Collage by Catherine Raine, 2013
Dan and Tracy’s Collage, Catherine Raine, 2013

It was my good fortune to make soap sculptures and listen to the Chronicles of Narnia with Dan in the 1970’s when we attended the same elementary school in Liberty, Missouri. As teenagers, we played in the symphonic band, wrote for the high school newspaper, and took French together. Dan and I kept in touch by mail, and in 2008 I got to visit him and his partner Tracy in Oregon.

Dan and Tracy's Collage by Catherine Raine, 2013
Dan and Tracy’s Collage, Catherine Raine, 2013

Happy Birthday, Dan! May you and Tracy share a joyful day!

Dan and Tracy's Collage by Catherine Raine, 2013
Dan and Tracy’s Collage, Catherine Raine, 2013

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