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Comments on: This Blog is Dedicated to Norm Self http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/norm-self/ Natural Arch and Bridge Society Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Norm’s Stargazer Arch | NABS Blog http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/norm-self/#comment-374 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/?p=1#comment-374 […] we have selected an arch to name in honor of the memory of long-time member and SPAN publisher, Norm Self, who passed away earlier this year. Norm and his wife, Linda, lived in El Centro, CA for many years […]

]]> By: Bud Johnson http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/norm-self/#comment-9 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:10:25 +0000 http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/?p=1#comment-9 Norm was my good friend for 25 years and over that time we went on many hikes, camping trips and river rafting trips with Norm and Linda. I loved his attitude on life. Norm and his long winded stories will be missed. Norm could not tell a short story. Every time I see a natural bridge or an arch I think of Norm.
I miss you Norm.
Bud Johnson

]]> By: David Brandt-Erichsen http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/norm-self/#comment-8 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 20:00:03 +0000 http://www.naturalarches.org/blog/?p=1#comment-8 Norm was one of my favorite people on the planet. One of the highlights of my 25 years with the Natural Arch and Bridge Society was working with Norm on colorizing the back issues of our newsletter SPAN, where I did the Photoshop work and Norm did the layout using QuarkXpress. We consulted frequently on this over a period of several months and he was always a pure pleasure to work with. His work inspired me to learn Adobe InDesign from scratch (no easy task) to enable me to copy his layout style and keep his legacy going.

A chronology:

Norm was a very healthy 80 years old until he started getting some neurological symptoms in March of this year, including a difficulty in operating the complex publishing software he used to make SPAN. On April 1 he was diagnosed with metastatic brain cancer, and on April 5 (Easter Sunday) he had a tumor the size of a ping pong ball removed from his frontal lobes. He seemed to be recovering extremely well after this surgery, with no discernible neural deficit.

Meanwhile, the parts were on order for the photo/plaque that NABS wanted to award to Norm to honor him for the long and excellent volunteer service that he had provided to all of our members. When they finally all arrived, I called Norm on April 15 to ask when would be a good time to deliver the surprise that we had for him, and he requested Saturday at 10 AM. He sounded fine and in good spirits.

But alas, it was not to be. That very night he took a turn for the worse and by the next day was in the hospital and unable to communicate, and soon after was moved to an in-patient hospice. It was somehow fitting that, by chance, his hospice room had a large painting on the wall of Window Rock, the beautiful arch at Window Rock, Arizona, but it is unlikely that he ever saw the painting.

I really miss this guy.

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