Friar Tuck(Steven Stine) 1948 - 1999 |
| I first met Tuck over 30 years ago at
Morningstar over plates of chili. Later I crashed at his
and Sandi's pad on Cole St. in the Haight. Our paths
crossed again in North Beach in S.F. where we both lived
for a while. Often he dragged me out of my tiny hotel
room and drove me out into the country for some fresh
air. The last time I saw him was a few years back at the
Mayday party at Wheeler's ranch - by then he was a family
man! Friar Tuck created the Morningstar Homepage web site and ran it until his death in August 1999. His generosity was legendary, as demonstrated by the following testimonials. He created the Virtual Morningstar bulletin board as a favor to me, and kept it on his site even after it had clearly ran out of gas. It is fitting to say that he would give you the shirt off his back. Badaba to ya, Tuck! -David Hatch |
| Here is a vintage Tuckism in his reply
to the apologetic leader of a group that trashed his
guestbook: " Hiya Chet, |
| "...I will tell you there are two
things he did that I truly love him for. The first
was that he brought me to live at Morningstar, and while I had lived at Wheeler's and been to M* before I met him, he knew the teritory and everybody in it. He was the social bridge for that shy, young girl, who spent the better part of her time hiding in the woods avoiding all the way most cool folks, because they were all so cool. He introduced me to Lou, and Ramon, and Coyote, and Louie (lion), Barry Plunker Adams. He took me to Marble Mount Washington, the birthplace of the rainbow tribe, where we walked deserters across the border to Hope B.C. I met my Art delivering the Kaliflower intercommunal newsletter in our apartment at 1660 Waller, in 1969...we would not find each other as partners til some twenty-five years later. Willie B, Jon-Jon and Terry, Pam Hanna, who became my ally on the bulletin board from hell. So in some sense, Tuck brought me to all of you, which has meant more to me over the years than most other things in my life. The second wonderful thing he did, was that fine piece of internet art, the morningstar homepage. Suzie says that she wants to keep that going, and is hoping that someone will be syssop for it. I hope so too, it was probably the best work Tuck ever did in his life. So how we are all shaped and shifted by one another, and what comes to really matter in the end is that we were loved and loved. Wonder if he found Lou and they're arguing yet." -Sandi Stine |
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| " About Tuck: I can't tell you
about Tuck's M* years cuz I only vaguely remember this
large man wearing a blanket with a rope belt & thot
he looked cool - fit right in at M* " "All
this computer stuff comes hard to me. I've decided it's
because it |
| "I am unable to write of my
feelings about the movement from one plane to another. Tuc and I were always passing from place to another, never meeting. We were at Morningstar when the Blue Cheer was passed out. He and I both remember the day very well. He knows some of the people that I knew. We both loved Joanie and Cathy, we both had feelings about Doris. This year I had asked him what he knew about the word "badaba", he explained the best he could at the time. I wrote a little humor about it and was slowly informed the correct meaning. I downloaded the mirc from him, and he helped me set it up. I love his web site. We both tried to get Pam online with a web site. She has plenty of stuff online, Tuc and I were trying to get it all in one place. He gave us all help when we asked. I did tell him that he did a wonderful thing when he was spammed at his web site. He treated the spammer as human, free to express his spaming at his web site. Tuc's site was open to all. Well done."
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| A posting of Tuck's to the Virtual
Morningstar Bulletin Board: " Way Kewl,, Im here tripping in the orchard,, (good Shrooms) The Cross just lifted off jusst like a rocket and dissapeared into the starry night,, (Damn Good Shrooms !!!!) " |
| Here is a link to Tuck's philosophy
of giving Here is a link to a page Tomas dedicated to Tuck |