"I hope Bill_D will come up with some of his great retrospective photos of some of these events. "

Yes... I will find and post some.... when I can see thru the tears.

Micca gave many people gifts.. and to me, it was small hip flask as we sat at a roadside eatery after a Getaway at Ramblewood.

He did write many song and poems, but the one I wish/hope there is a recording of is the one documenting his time monitoring the whaling industry south of Australia. The ending is simply stunning... giving sane people pause about the entire sordid industry. Micca said it took him many years to compose & edit it, and he finally sang it at the Getaway a few years ago.... I was only recently thinking of contacting him to get a copy... so... if anyone...

He knew I did woodworking, and he regaled me with descriptions of a table he had made from a large slab of exquisite wood.
   His stories of clever ways he had of dealing with bureaucratic nonsense in his former workplace were classic!

He was all the things his many friends have said above, and more... and the sense of loss that I feel right now would require a poet like a 'Micca' to express.

Photos later.