Jonathan Kelley
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    • Monologs >
      • You Can't Handle the Truth
      • The Matrix
      • Shawshank Redemption
    • Stage >
      • Burlador de Sevilla
      • Too Many Tamales >
        • Too Many Tamales 2022
        • Too Many Tamales 2019
        • TMT 2016
        • TMT 2014 Conga
        • TMT 2014 Tamales Song
        • TMT 2014 Cormack monolog
      • The Bird Cage (Jaula de las Locas)
    • Film >
      • Amor en 266 Millas
      • Beauty in the Broken
      • Look No More
    • TV >
      • Better Things, S4 E5 Carbonara
    • Commercials >
      • Milk Life Tango
    • Internet >
      • Falling in Reverse, I'm not a Vampire
      • I Am Easy to Find, The National
      • Kubed Living
      • Tosh O. Vegan
      • Interview, Alas Media
  • Art Projects
    • Glass projects >
      • Pellegrino drinking glasses
      • Mosaic glass
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      • Neolithic Spiral
      • Newgrange Neon Spiral
      • Neon Coconut Palm Tree
    • Coconut Frond Weaving
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    • Dí Porqué
    • Ragtime Cowboy Joe
    • Ukulele: Puff the Magic Dragon
    • I'm Just Wild About Harry
    • Rhode Island is Famous for You
    • Sand in My Shoes
    • Christmas Music >
      • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
      • Baby, It's Cold Outside
      • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Lil Darlin'
    • We'll Sing in the Sunshine
    • Sand in my Shoes
    • Bamba
    • Memories are Made of This
    • Blues Exercise, 2020
    • Beyond the Sea, J and G
    • Joplin Rags >
      • Dill Pickles Rag
      • Joplin - Maple Leaff Rag
      • Joplin-Bethena
      • Joplin-Magnetic Rag
    • I Get Along Without You Very Well
    • When Joanna Loved Me
    • Easter Parade
    • Begin the Beguine
    • Let Me Call You Sweetheart
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • Tzena Tzena Tzena
    • You're a Grand Old Flag medley
    • Easter Parade
    • Four Brothers
    • Early Autumn
    • Cute
    • Jonathan's musical compositions >
      • My Los Angeles
      • Life is Like a Stage Play
      • Pretend
      • Get A Dog
      • Let's Begin
      • Leila
      • Unexpectedly
    • College March Boogie Woogie Medley
    • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
    • Just In Love
  • Culinary Projects
    • Amaretti al Mascarpone
    • Coconuts >
      • Coconuts demo trailer 2015
      • Coconut Lime Soup
      • Coconut Shell Bowl
      • Coconut Cream Pie
      • Tembleque
    • Tropical Fruits >
      • How to eat a mango
      • How to eat a pomelo
    • Pies
    • Croissants
    • Watermelon Poinsettias
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  • Xootr Mg Kick Scooter
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    • Senior on a Xootr Scooter
    • Timely Tips for the Home Chef
    • Counting Backwards from 100: My Life as an Anesthesiologist
    • Short Stories by Jonathan Kelley
    • Poems >
      • Christ Climbed Down
      • La Niña de Guatemala
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      • S Obituary
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XX Obituary... January 30, 2019 version.    draft copy.  XX is alive  in Braintree, probably working in his shop today.  ​

XX known to all as Dave, was born in Boston on October 14, 1933, and died on (blah blah blah) as a result of (blah blah blah).  One of seven children of Mr. and Mrs. David Ogilvy Shepherd, of Scotland, XX grew up in Quincy, MA.  He attended Quincy High School, where he excelled in football.  During the Korean Conflict, he proudly served in both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force.  Dave’s formal education included degrees from Sacramento Junior College, the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering, and Northeastern University.  Heading up Shepherd Construction Management Company, he supervised the creation of many buildings in the Braintree area, including the Thayer Public Library and the new Braintree Electric Light Department.  XX was a team player, a civic-minded participant in Rotary and other community organizations, for which he received numerous honorary awards.  He leaves his devoted wife, Sarah Kelley Shepherd, seven children from an earlier marriage:  David W. Shepherd, Mark Alan Shepherd, Charles Robert Shepherd, Bonnie Shepherd Messina, Susan Shepherd Williams, Linda Shepherd Webb, Heather Shepherd Gregory, eighteen grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.   XX’s talents included passion for functional and useful design of living space, and the ability to create furniture, toys, bookcases and more, in his woodworking shop, to improve the lives of everyone around him.  He will be remembered for his steadfast loyalty to friends, family, and community, as well as his warmly optimistic and gregarious disposition.