This one's a real prx story. Ken's an accomplished guitarist and songwriter with a flair for writing. He wanted to write a short story about Jan and Jack, and a search on the web turned up prx and a piece I did here. He read that I had known her. We struck up a correspondance, exchanged CD's and books, and he decided to try a radio piece, which delights me for many reasons. First, he really pierces through that beat-male self-seriousness in a way that is so appropriate to Jan. And as a Dad himself, he strikes just the right note and does just *the right thing* with the ending, from that sorely needed, other point of view - the *dead-beat Dad* we can't hear from.

Some beats like to commemorate Jack's passing in October (Gone in October) - and there are other popular anniversaries as well (and why not father's day?). The next time pieces are rounded up for one of those moments, this one should definitely be in there. Good writing, nice voice, full of music, sound, and humor, and truly from the heart.