Carolyn Dean & Bob Neveritt | 40 Years in the Wilderness, 1979-84

Bob’s first encounter with digital culture—the game of Pong, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Xmas 1979.

Dartmouth, Xmas 1979.

Steve Jamieson, Bob’s original colleague in the Frank Zappa cult of the ’60s, Dartmouth, Xmas 1979.

NM Rothschild & Sons’ London headquarters, New Court, St. Swithin’s Lane [Bob was not permitted to photograph the entrance directly], August 1980.

Portugal, August 1980.

Gary Geddes, keeper of Dartmouth’s secrets, Banook Lake, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1980.

“Flaps”—on the left—original co-discoveror of “Butch the Electron” in 1964 and competitor with Bob for the Second Coming.

The third competitor was Steve Jamieson, on the right. Dartmouth, Xmas 1980.

Bob makes a major move in the Second Coming competition by playing a recording of a Mae Brussell radio broadcast—Steve and Flaps having never heard of Mae Brussell.

Bob anticipates the information one-upmanship war of the coming “social media” 25 years later.

Carolyn and her nurse, Judi Turack, at Carolyn’s first medical office, near the intersection of Coxwell Avenue and Danforth Avenue, East Toronto, June 1980 [first anniversary of Carolyn’s practice].

Carolyn’s secretary, Janet McLellan, June 1980.

Bob holding a photo of Garrett Deane in his prime, 1940s in New York City theatre [the blurred photo unfortunately hides Garrett’s bare barrell chest], Xmas 1980.

Garrett Deane - 12/29/83, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Garrett Deane - 12/29/83, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Garrett Deane - 12/29/83, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Garrett’s home, 64 Queen Steet, Darmouth, Nova Scotia, Xmas 1980.

This is the marble table in Garrett’s kitchen on which he would bang the solid telephone earpiece [which Bob is holding in the photo above] when he was laughing during a phone conversation.

One of the beds in Garrett’s home.

This is the first house Carolyn and Bob owned [February 1981] in Toronto—22 Kenwood Avenue. Carolyn’s second medical office occupied the first floor.

While organizing Marshall McLuhan’s archives from November to December 1981, Bob found a file folder with his name on it in box #22.

When he arrived back home that night, he noticed his address had a 22 in it. That started his quest down the rabbit hole to explain why 22 showed up everywhere in his life. “Club 22” was the result of that adventure.

Bob, SkyGoddess Sue, Andy McBrearty and Don McBrearty at Don’s home on Lonsdale Road, Toronto, January 1981.

Halifax, Xmas 1981.

Our foster kids, Shannon and Paul Renwick, performed in many plays during their Oakwood Collegiate Institute [where several of Marshall McLuhan’s daughters attended] years, Toronto. This particular play is “Bye Bye Birdie.”

Carolyn and Bob visit artists, Reinhard Reitzenstein and Gayle Young, in Grimsby, outside Toronto, Summer 1982

Carolyn and Bob and SkyGoddess Sue cross paths at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in August 1982—Sue is dropping out from her flight-attendant lifestyle to attend the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Massachusetts.

This was the first time Carolyn and Bob returned to Nova Scotia in the summer since 1977.