I met Patricia on FLUXLIST (too). We flirted shamelessly for a while in public then after that traded mail art in a long leisurely loop. Her skill with Photoshop was notable. The most recent batch of artistamps she sent me recently were beautiful and funny. When I was going to be in San Francisco for four days this Fall, I asked if we could meet but unfortunately she was too busy trying to beat the damned cancer to meet me in person. But I will remember Princess Petal especially for one item she sent me: a red heart-shaped plastic box which contained beads printed with letters on them, an alphabetical love sculpture. She knew it would touch the poet in me and was what she did best- love. Being the lost soul I am sometimes, I will always remember how astounded I was that she befriended me. I had brief contact again with her recently and asked her how the new drugs she was taking were working out. She never even hinted at how seriously ill she was then. Like most on F-LIST, I was and am shocked and saddened by her passing. I feel extremely lucky to have known her and will miss her very much.
To me she will always be my friend, Petal. Reed Altemus
