PASSING THE HAT FOR ORBIT

Please send whatever you can: even a tiny token will help.  REALLY!

Artists cannot survive without patrons.

Hardware and software costs: AWESOME!

Hours spent in ORBIT webwork: continuous day and night!

Kent Steadman, age 57, disability retirement, wounded Bard, artist of 40 years.

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EDITOR, ORBIT 

In an infinite Cosmos all dreams are true. 

KENT STEADMAN

425 S. 156TH

#119A

SEATTLE, WA 98148

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I don't weep for the usual torments, lost loves, the wounds I've done to myself.

I weep for a piece of land I once held like my ancestors held their land.

I long to plunge my hands into the soil, to inhale the fragrance, to watch grains run through my fingers.

Steadman  Homegrown tunes

"Been almost 10 years drought--better start pickin' again or the Muses gonna hiss on me." Kent Steadman 

Banjo: Pickin' from Somewhere 

Dulcimer: Lark in the Mornin', Irish Jig 

Guitar and Harp: Unknown Blues 

MOST CHERISHED GIFT TO THE WEB

A daddy and daughter get zapped into the Enchanted Lands during nap time stories.

An original animated, musical children's novel for the WWW

NOTE:  Leah, now 18, is enrolled at UC Santa Cruz.  The expenses are scary, another reason for tossin' out the hat.

Donations for Darlin', Leah, after all she once saved the world!

COLLEGE FUND

EDITOR'S NOTE REGARDING ABOVE:  Donations requested on the basis of the story, CHASING SHADOW, written by Kent with Leah many years ago, offered for some time on the Internet for all to enjoy. This novel is our work, our hard effort, our creative daring-do, and it is time to put out the hat for a grateful tip: such request representing a long tradition of liaison between artistan and notable patron. Dad (ol' Bear) is now retired (art instructor, Fresno City College, 1966-88) but wrestling endlessly with ORBIT and would like to remain ongoing. Thanks so much to C.H. who sent enough to get the first semester underway.