Not long after I joined the IAP I posted a question on the forum. A couple of hours later my phone rang and a gruff voice said "This is Eagle, about that question you posted". He had taken the time to find my phone number and reach out to help someone who was trying something new. I know this was not the first time he had done this, and reading TribalRR's post above, it was obviously not the last time he did it.
I never had the pleasure of meeting Eagle but I have spent countless hours on the phone and exchanged many e-mails with him talking about segmented pens. A real friendship was starting to develop as we slowly learned about each other, but for the most part we were both content to talk about a shared passion.
I feel blessed to have been able to have shared that time with him. To hear the passion in his voice, to have been constantly challenged by him. I feel priviliged to have been taken under his wing.
In one of Steven Covey's books he talks about man's need "to live, to love, to learn and to leave a legacy".
Eagle did just that.
Blue Skies Forever Eagle.