JURI
In the early ’80’s I started going to Seattle on Saturday nights to go dancing at a ballroom dance hall in Ballard. That was where I met Juri (pronounced Yuri) Eenma: a dancer, a physicist and a do-it-yourself genius. He…
JURI’S HOUSE, PART 1
The best thing in Juri’s and my relationship was our love life. The second was dancing and the third was his house.
JURI’S HOUSE, PART 2
The kitchen was usually my favorite room to re-do, but Juri had already done it, complete with new cabinets, tile counter tops and wall ovens. So I started with the rest of the house.
JURI’S BIRTHDAY, PART 1
I loved to plan things to do with Juri that were light hearted and fun. His childhood had been so bleak that I thought he needed serious play time.
JURI’S BIRTHDAY, PART 2
When Juri came home on the evening of his birthday, the porch light was on and there was a sign on the door that said to go to the kitchen counter. A sign there told him to mix himself a…
JURI’S PARKING STRIP
I loved working with Juri on his house. We worked so well together. As a break from doing the house, in the summer time we worked on his yard.
NUN AND PRIEST
I usually came to Juri’s house on weekends instead of him coming to mine. The reason was that our favorite dancing place was the hall in Ballard, and we went dancing every Saturday night. Halloween at the Ballard hall was…
IN THE CELLAR
Juri was quiet for awhile. Then he said, “My mother taught us never to be curious, never to ask questions, and if anyone asked us a question or came knocking at the door, we were taught to run into the…
THE CUPBOARD
Juri’s birthday and Christmas were close together. The first birthday extravaganza I planned for him was a hard act to follow. However I managed to come up with a close second the next year.
CHESS PARTY
Then we decided it would be a “Through the Looking Glass” party. We invited all the Poulsbo dancers, and told them that, if the spirit so moved them, they could come dressed as chess pieces.
PORTUGAL
In 1987 Juri took me on a trip to Portugal. He had to go to Lisbon for an international nuclear physics conference. He decided that afterwards we would tour the country.
PRISON PLANET
When Juri and I first met, we sometimes talked about his introverted life. He seemed to want to insulate himself against the world. He wanted high fences with higher plantings around the edges of his property. I agreed with that;…
JURI AFTERWARD
Mall also informed me when Juri became afflicted with Alzheimer’s several years ago, and then of his death a few years later.