DESIGN

I emailed Jeff the design and patent information for the chair/carrying case.
Our dinner together two weeks ago was warm, lovely and fun.

He and his partner Larry have become my second
and third set of design eyes.
The pieces they design for their store are art
(but they don't call them that).
Found objects are reclaimed for their patina, shape, luster
and inherent beauty. Then there is the furniture
(think very intimate and specific section of the D&D) and the textiles,
carpets, swatches...it reminds me of my father's office in NYC.

There was a "room" in Dad's office - more like a corridor
with books of fabric, samples of carpet, sheaths of wallpaper
and books of colors - just colors - to look at and consider.
Such were my favorite children's books.

And the Frances books...Bob would say, "Go pick out a story."
I would go to my room and come back to the 'master bedroom',
get on the bed and present my book.
Bob would say, "Oh, I thought you would get Frances!
Why don't you go get Frances?"
and off I would scamper.
Bob loved Frances.

I am writing this while lying in my bed.
There is a lamp on the bedside table.
It arrived two days ago with the contents
of my mother's apartment.
This object was with me when Bob read to me.
It is with me while I write this.
There are pictures on the lamp with people,
flowers and an Asian Temple Dog.
I have considered this lamp at many stages of my life.
Now, it feels out of place and yet
quietly reminds me of Frances,the phone ringing,
the arched ceiling
of my parents’ bedroom on Althea Lane
and now it is tied to the sound of my daughters,
Bob's Grand-daughters, laughing
and playing outside the closed bedroom door.
I can hear my husband Khem
commenting on Gage having put on her coat.
She is almost 17 months old.
She believes that if she collects all the objects
for leaving the house then we will leave.
A collection of objects that mean "go".

Gage is very clear about the meaning of objects.
I am...not.

xoxo,
Bob's Daughter

No word yet from the mysterious email address.
I wonder if it is like writing to Santa Clause and all the email to dead relatives goes to a certain place in cyberspace? Ha! It is probably sitting on their server waiting for a Robert Caigan to show up so that they can tell him to subscribe to something because he has email waiting for him.

On another note...
My father's business is now coming up in the search engines. It states that it is inactive, but not closed. I wonder if the incorporation was ever officially shut down? The way the law is set I think corporations basically need their own death certificate.
Interesting to ponder.

Here's the data - and it's accurate - for 1978.

ROBERT CAIGAN ASSOCIATES INC.
DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION ROBERT CAIGAN ASSOCIATES INC. 400 E. 59TH ST. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10022
Initial DOS Filing Date: APRIL 26, 1967
County: NEW YORK
Jurisdiction: NEW YORK
Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
Current Entity Status: INACTIVE

Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity)
ROBERT CAIGAN ASSOCIATES INC. 400 E. 59TH ST. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10022
Registered Agent
NONE