I didn't know what to write about Patrick now that it has been a year, and know many of you who never knew him can't understand, but he was such an amazing guy, and still young, and it was so unexpected... Armenia and Patrick were always intertwined for me, as he was one of the first people I ever met here in 1994 when I did LCO and he would come to the Yerevan events and visit the village. In 1995-96 again I would see him at LCO events in Yerevan, as well as bump into him on the streets and have all kinds of good intentions of calling him, but never did. I did go to his flat for a party once in '95 and that building - and a few others - always reminds me of him. I would joke that the three or four pastry shops that opened in his building owed their existence to him. In 1999 when I moved here, we really became friends, and you could see just how many people knew and loved him by sitting at any restaurant/cafe with him, or just walking around, or listening to him constantly answer his phone and find time for everyone. He would somehow meet travellers and take them to see sites 4 hours away just because. He would always have visitors staying with him. Also he was one of the most international people you could ever meet. French and Argentinian passports, lived in Armenia for years and years, lived in the USA, Thailand, and travelled around. We would joke that we were always honored that he would spend time with us and see us since we were not French speakers :-) That one would always make us laugh. The church here where services were held for him was packed, as I am sure the ones in Paris and Buenos Aires must have been. He got so many people to come to Armenia, to see the positive, the good. Just thinking about him always brings a good memory to mind. Every picture I have of him makes me smile and remember a good time.

As I have said before, logging is not easy - at least not for me. I had to remove the comments so that we would not feel so oppressed by some jerks, and recently removed the email addresses as well. So understand that sometimes we write for your benefit, and sometimes for ourselves, but it is not easy and a number of loggers have had problems with the feedback they get. Lay off already.