The BOOKMARK in Dolega

Memorial Service

There will be a memorial service for Harold on the 31st of January (Tuesday) at noon in Las Ruinas, which will be followed by a ceremonial burning of kindles. Heh, just joking about the kindles (maybe).

Spread the word, and bring a friend.

Regards,

Michael

PS: I’m trying to send out individual emails, but, I’ll probably miss someone, so, it’s important that we network this and make sure that everybody is informed.

Upcoming Holidays

The Bookmark will be closed on the 25th of December and on the 1st of January.

Ordering books

We’ll start ordering books again, beginning next week. However, from now on, it will require 100% deposit.

The BookMark

I ask that all of you spread the word, the BookMark is NOT closing. By word of mouth, internet and tom-toms, whatever….when I was in town, I had a half dozen people TELL me, the store was closed and will be closed indefinitely, which is BS rumour central.

Secondly, it will take some time for me to get sorted out, and please give me a bit of breathing space….I have approximately 90,000 emails (unread/read/sent/draft/spam/etc) to go through to make sure I’m not screwing anything up when it comes to Harold/Bookmark. Harold was explicit in making sure that we honored all past agreements, so…..that’s what I’m doing.

From now on, if you want to contact Harold/Bookmark, please use my email: ellis_m_1@yahoo.com.

Harold was getting about 35-45 emails a day from different sources, and was an active activist that looked for information. This presents a huge problem for me, trying to resolve things…so, please, please, if you have something to say of some importance concerning Harold/BookMark, use my email.

With that said, I’m really not comfortable going through Harold’s email, but, it must  be done, however, I ask that you guys that know other people, spread the word, and send any comments to my email.

Anyways, enough of that….

Onto a happier note, the celebration of Harold’s death. There is to be NO religion involved. I’m thinking, those most familiar with a good old Bourbon Street, New Orleans  send off would be the way to go, and should be consulted.

With that in mind, I’ll leave it for you guys to discuss amongst yourselves, and when there’s a solid plan, let me know.

Cheers,

Michael

Harold

I’m not really sure how to start this post…….

Harold died this morning around 10:30 AM. Earlier this morning, they had taken him down to get a dialysis treatment and then he was brought back to his room, he seemed to be ok and went to sleep.

Later (around 10:30) the nurse went to give him his morning bath and she discovered that he had passed away.

I sat around at the hospital all day until I could talk to a doctor that had worked on Harold’s case and he said it could have been a many number of things that caused his death.

I wont know the exact time or cause of death until I get the death certificate.

I was going to write more, but, I’m really not up for it right now….I have lost my mentor, best friend and trusted business partner, but I do want to thank everyone for their support.

With that said, you’ll have to excuse the brevity of this post.

PS: The store will be closed Sunday.

Michael

Harold Update 3

Monday, the doctors discovered that Harold had a hernia, which was causing complications,and on Tuesday they operated again to fix that problem.

So, not sure when he’ll be getting out of the hospital.

Needless to say, this is not good news but Harold is still hanging in there and I hope will once again be on the road to recovery from this 2nd operation.

Harold update 2

Harold looks much better and I am hopeful that he’ll be out of the hospital shortly.

Update Harold

Went to see Harold. The doctor that had told Emilcar that he was getting out on Monday or Tuesday was being optimistic.

From what Harold told me and a nurse I talked to, he has to get some xrays, and there are some tests that need to be done, so it isn’t likely he’ll be out Tuesday.

Keeping in mind that things here rarely go as planned, we’ll just have to play it by ear on when Harold will be released.

Also, Harold mentioned that he still wasn’t really up to having visitors yet.

I’ll let you guys know when I have reliable information, so, please be patient.

Pass the word…

Thanks,

Michael

Harold

I wanted to put the word out that Harold has had his operation, and is tentatively (key word) scheduled to be released from the hospital on Monday or Tuesday.

I’m still trying on finding out the details, IE success of operation and other pertinent information, although I have had problems actually talking to Harold’s specific doctor (Dr. Miranda).

I’ll be going there Monday and once I find out what’s what, I’ll let everyone know.

I also wanted to thank everybody for your support and hopefully we’ll be seeing Harold as his normal cheerful self.

Again, thanks.

PS: Harold is in room 302 on the 3rd floor of the regional hospital (the one right down the road from Costco/Pricesmart) and visiting hours are from 1 to 2, if anyone wanted to stop by and say hello.

Michael