The strangest thing just happened to me.

[TomInTib]

I don't really know where to post this, but I just had to share.

As some here may already know, the Late, Great Tom Snyder was a dear friend of mine.

There is an article about him in today's Marin Independent Journal for which I was interviewed.

http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_6504505

Just now I was walking my dog along the waterfront here in Tiburon, looking across the cove at Tom's house which was directly across the water from us (I can also see Tom's place from my own house up the hill).

Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a piece of paper on the ground. A half piece of paper, lying flat.

Cursing the litterer. I snatched it up and walked over to a trash receptacle.

For some reason, I looked down at the paper in my hand and turned it over.

It read...

Tom,
"Thanks for the Memories"
You will be missed.

I just wanted to share this.

[bpcmxr]

1. Nice.

:)

[GregD]

2. whoa...

That must have freaked you to the bone.

[libodem]

3. Must have been meant for you

Especially sorry for your loss as you were close to Tom.

[MuseRider]

4. Perfect!

:)

Thanks for sending me the article, I am not going to be able to respond for awhile but I saw this and had to.

Did you feel my dance last night? The goats joined me, it was hysterical and just what would be needed I think. :hug: He will miss you.

Be good to yourself for a while now. Feel peace, have a colortini and don't forget to laugh, loudly.

[TomInTib]

10. You would not believe how much it helped.

Maybe it was the goats (just kidding - I knew it was you).

Oh, yeah, about that non-alcoholic substance thing.

Last year I saw this special on VH1 about the effects of drugs on the entertainment biz back in the day.

One segment was Tom interviewing John Lennon, who was going on about the subject.

Tom was looking even more intent than usual.

So I told him about it the next day.

He said that even though he had the show on VHS and DVD, he could remember not one bit of the interview.

Said he had been coked to the gills.

[MuseRider]

19. !

Great story! LOL, I can imagine.

Unless you have seen baby goats running sideways, kicking all the way and then hoping straight up in the air countless times from their little toes then maybe, but I can tell you it was the goats last night that would have been the help. Somehow I thought it was appropriate since my dogs are not here at the farm yet to use the goats, I seem to remember lots of stories about his dogs. I thought that would be the icing on the cake for both of you.

Keep that slip of paper and take it with you when your time comes. If there really is something after this life the two of you can smile about something tangible that came indirectly from him to you and you can return to him. Special friendships are worth holding on to all the special little things that came because of the friendship. God I wish I knew what to say to help you feel better but having lost so many myself I know that I can't. If it helps at all just know that there are many of us out here who he touched and who are mourning almost like he had been our friend too. After all, that TV screen could not stop him from being in my living room, he really was that big and that good. He was my friend in a strange but welcome way.

[karlrschneider]

5. That's chilling. I never met him but thought of him as a friend, one of the good guys.

How weird for you.
Yikes.

[TomInTib]

30. Having witnessed your sense of humor here...

You two would have hit it off right away.

Tom was one of a kind.

I hope you took time to read that article.

[karlrschneider]

35. I did, and thanks!

I would trade any ten rich/famous people I've known for one visit with him. I am not kidding, I've been around a -lot- of them over the years...and about 60% of them were insufferable jerks.

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. What a rare privilege it must have been

to have known him !

[Buzz Clik]

7. Hm. I'd have sent you an email.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. The universe was talking to you...

[havocmom]

9. One of those perfect but weird moments in life- prolly a note left at his place

And it found its way to you. Maybe you needed it? Thank whatever it is in the cosmos you might entertain any belief in for it. You got a gift. Appreciate it.

And echo the message, just in case your old friend is around, one way or another. ;)

[xchrom]

11. yeah -- you have to think -- not everything is an accident.

strange and very, very nice.

[NJCher]

12. and another in the "slip of paper department"

A few years ago a friend of ours in Marin County died. I told my husband to call his wife (Dana) just to talk. I knew my husband was one of the few people who could console her.

Nevertheless, my husband ignored my requests. I said, "Les would want you to call her!" Les was the husband who had just passed on.

About 5 p.m. he came down from his office with a slip of paper. He said, "This piece of paper has been following me everywhere today!" He went on to tell me he'd found the paper outside his office door. He'd found it in his car console. It had also been near his cell phone when he made his first call of the day.

I looked at the paper and asked whose phone number it was. He responded that he'd forgotten. I said why don't you call it to find out, which he did. It turned out to be Dana's new cell phone number.

I am sure that Les was making sure that phone number was "in his face."

I think Tom was sending this as a message to you to let you know he is OK and that he's thinking of you. He wants you to know he values your friendship.



Cher

[glitch]

17. Wow, I love stories like these. They comfort me. :) thanks for posting you guys. nt

[TomInTib]

21. I would like to think that.

That story of yours is great.

[babylonsister]

13. Wow! He's easing your pain somehow. I believe it, too. nt

[Glimmer of Hope]

14. It is so sweet when things like that happen.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

15. Ah, there are no coincidences, Tom. And a question for you:

Do you know Anne Lamott? Doesn't she live in Tiburon?

And by the way, Tom Snyder seemed like the nicest guy...How fortunate that you were his friend. And he yours, I'm sure. :)

[TomInTib]

22. Are you talking about the writer?

If so, yes, I have met her and see her around sometimes.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

41. Yes, that's her

She's one of my favorite writers.

[Raejeanowl]

16. I Believe You

Then I know I'll have to tell you the second most important thing. But I'm not up to it tonight. I'll PM you tomorrow.

[fooj]

18. (((((HUGS to you)))))

:hug:

[Raine]

20. That is really cool and

I truly believe it was a message meant for you. O8)

[Breeze54]

23. Wow! He will be missed, that's for sure.

I always enjoyed his interviews and sense of humor.

Nice story.

I'm sorry for your loss and his family's loss.

Sad. :(

[lonestarnot]

24. Just like a feather.

[Gregorian]

25. That's life.

That's the stuff that gives me optimism. I love it. A spark of evidence that there really is something else going on here.

I have to add that it's also Marin. I remember when there was a Marin flea market back in the 70's. I remember hearing Shakespeare while hungover and looking for cool stuff. I mean someone reciting Shakespeare while walking around the flea market. Not something you get in Oklahoma.

And like yesterday. I was riding my bike down a trail through a redwood forest, like I do every day. When I got to the bottom, there to my total surprise was a 20 member marimba band. In the forest! It was amazing.

Sorry. I didn't mean to blab. I'm excited. This kind of thing means more to me than anything. There is something going on.

[TomInTib]

27. What a mental picture.

Where were you? I would have love to see that.

[Gregorian]

31. The woodlands.

There's a road out of the town of Mendocino that goes out to a fairly remote place called the Woodlands. There are a few dozen tiny cabins that groups rent out. This week happened to be a drumming camp of some sort. And I mean these were not typical marimba sounds. These drums sounded like flutes. High pitched, and some very low bass sounding. Just great. But that's Mendocino.

[babylonsister]

37. OT, but I'm jealous. nt

[Gregorian]

38. That's ok.

I have to admit I'm a bit jealous of Tom in Tib. Different lifestyles for everyone.

I make the best of wherever I live. And riding through the redwoods is definitely up there. Ah, we could talk about this all day.

[bleever]

26. Thanks, Tom.

I've been thinking about you while watching and reading all the great reminiscences about Tom Snyder.

[ellaydubya]

28. A Gift

That's what it was and is, as is his friendship. So remember the good times and carry on as he would want you to. He's watching over you, you know, so don't let him down. Be good to yourself, Tom Wright, or I might have to make my way out to California (now that is scary!)and straighten you out.

As Willie says, "You are always on my mind".

LA

[pitohui]

29. cool EOM

,

[stevedeshazer]

32. TomInTib, I didn't know about your relationship with T. Snyder

I was a big fan of his show back in the day.

Somewhere in my big pile of VHS tapes is a copy of his classic interview with Johnny Rotten.

For what it's worth, I thought the guy was great.

Long live Tom Snyder.

[Stinky The Clown]

33. That paper was neither coincidence nor random .......

.... things like that happen for reasons.

We, however, often don't know the reasons.

[Lint Head]

34. I was in the NBC studios in the seventies. I was on the Midnight

Special backing up an artist from Nashville. We were taking a break in the hallway and I noticed a tall figure walking toward me. I was speechless. Here was one of my heroes. He interviewed John Lennon another hero of mine and I couldn't say hello. He just smiled and walked by. I miss Tom. There is no honesty left in television other than KO. :dem:

[TomInTib]

36. Read #10 upthread.

He was one of the coolest guys I have ever known.

He was the real deal.

And I hope you took the time to read the article.

I cannot believe that he is gone.

He was biggger than life. But you know that.

[Cha]

39. That's cool..

things like that mean a lot when we're "missing" someone.

[KittyWampus]

40. How wonderful. Stuff like this happens to me all the time. Life is full of magic

and the key to magic is simply the art of listening to what the world around you is saying.

[myrna minx]

42. What a profound experience.

I am sorry for your loss of a dear friend. We will al miss him dearly.

[PCIntern]

43. Knew him too

from his days here in Philly.

He became a local star one snowstorm when he was the only one to show up to the station and stayed on-camera for about 5 hours handling it beautifully. This was about 1966-67 or so...

[wicket]

44. What a wonderful story, thanks for sharing

I'm sorry for your loss :hug: