Marilyn Scarabin describes going to Amamapare (Portsite), rough trip, Deron sick, Jason describes going to Portsite from Tembagapura, Jeremiah boat was same boat from Port Sulphur, Deron and Jason give Bahasa Indonesia lesson, Marilyn mad at Jason for bursting water balloon all over the floor, Josh calling Ma “Mother” and Da “Father”
Guitar practicing a Sad Jam in 2014 but timestamp is April 2015.
January 8, 1979; Helen Mae Adolph starts this one off fussing at herself; John Dirk Fitzgerald and Brent Portie, MawMaw talks about how good David Kirk Evans is, Clarence Henry Adolph, Sr. PawPaw talks… advises on how bad cigarettes are and mad at MawMaw sending cigarette candy to us in Indonesia… Wendy Fitzgerald drops by and MawMaw going to doctor with her.
Helen Gail Adolph, Brent, Blake and Eddie Portie!! Christmas presents; Edward Barbe Portie 12 min and beyond, 48 min in, Aunt Gail played Ahab, The Arab by Ray Stevens song for Jason but it was removed for this podcast. Amazing to hear Uncle Eddie’s voice!
Guitar practice on June 25, 2015.
Singing my poem Dance (included in Let Me Be Your Bernie T.) with Garage Band drums. Written for one of the few non-parents who’ve been so supportive for decades.
Ideas for a Cannabis Club.
Marilyn, Josh, Kessie, Deron, Jason and D.D. Scarabin at Christmas time in the jungle. Shackelfords had come over for dinner (but don’t talk on tape); Joyce Harsono, Australians’ Peter and Stan the helicopter pilot all make brief appearances. If anyone knows these gentlemen and their last names, please share and thank you!
Direct from 1980 Tembagapura, the Scarabin family gives updates to family back in Boothville.
Christmas time in Tembagapura with Marilyn and D.D. Scarabin with their kids Deron, Jason, Josh and Kessie.
Barely two weeks after Kessie’s birth in Tembagapura, Marilyn, D.D., Deron, Jason and Josh all give a snapshot in time from our cozy jungle home.
June 02, 1978- Marilyn, Jason, D.D., Deron, Josh, ambulance crash two nurses killed, Dina talks and teaches Josh and Kessie some Bahasa Indonesian.
Yvonne and Emmett Adolph, Quentin Evans, Helen Mae Adolph, Jerolyn Sue Adolph Evans, Crazy story about Sylvester Martinez attacking Clarence Henry Adolph, Sr. Radio (Yuratich DJ) supposed to be with Uncle Bill…. some music (99% removed) too including Gene Ragas’ song about “Buras”; Jerolyn Sue again, Bill Evans again, Lisa Adolph, Gail Portie, Brent Portie, Blake Portie.
November 19, 1976 – Helen Mae Adolph, Wendy, Steve Fitzgerald talk on this one. Blake Portie was a brand new baby in the family and they talk about him. Helen Mae talks about Paul Morgan, owner of the Brown Derby where my parents met, murdered with a truck and about some woman who killed the wrong man.
Barely two weeks after arriving to Indonesia from Louisiana, Marilyn and D.D. Scarabin and kids’ Deron, Jason and Josh give a glimpse of life in this tiny jungle town.
