{"id":4577,"date":"2012-11-05T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T19:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2012-11-06T07:20:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T15:20:49","slug":"thinking-of-you-out-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/thinking-of-you-out-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of you out East…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a week since Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and it has been a week since I last heard from Tom Hachtman, the incredible illustrator of my GertrudeandAlice picture book.<\/p>\n

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Tom by Tom (2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom and his wife and mother-in-law live in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. not far from the ocean.\u00a0 They have been in my thoughts all week.\u00a0 A mutual friend has tried to reach them via phone, but has not been successful and closed his last e-mail to me with – \u00a0\u201cI will let you know if I get any news.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Me by Tom (2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

I know that the pictures online and those on TV only tell part of the story and just as in the case of Hurricane Katrina, any of us who have never seen or lived through this kind of devastation, have really no idea of what it must be like. (I have not been able to fathom the destruction that my parents witnessed during World War II and their ability to move to a foreign land and start over with 3 young children in tow.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I\u2019d have it in me to do the same.)<\/p>\n

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Berlin, 1945<\/p><\/div>\n

Tom has a thing about redheads. ( I don\u2019t recall him ever telling me how this came about.)\u00a0 Every morning he sends an e-mail to his list of friends of his latest redheaded find\u00a0 \u2013 movie star, model, famous painting, etc.\u00a0 He must have a collection of several hundreds of these.\u00a0 The last one was sent weekend before last, as he wasn\u2019t sure how much longer they would have power.<\/p>\n

From time-to-time I sent him redheads that I\u2019d find online or in magazines and even sent him a redheaded Gertrude that I created from a picture postcard.<\/p>\n

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Tom, Joey and Myrna my thoughts are with you, your families \u00a0and your neighbors.\u00a0 Please know that I\u2019m here to help in whatever way I can.<\/p>\n

Missing you and your redheads!<\/p>\n

PS<\/p>\n

November 6th:<\/p>\n

The first redhead du jour arrived early this morning and here she is:<\/p>\n

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