#mastenclan

[jax-bayne]

Went to @centralbookexchange for their mega cheap weekend sale recently & randomly stumbled upon a book by my maternal grandfather, Ric Masten. I was so shocked, especially to see a book I didn’t have by him with only 3ish poems in it that I actually recognized. Turns out it had been written 5 years before I was born & dedicated to my great grandmother, grandpa’s crazy mother who went by Hoodie & had a huge boa constrictor she let just live in the bathroom & a pet monkey my mom used to dress up like a doll when she was little. What bizarre families I come from on both sides haha. Still, jut randomly stumbling across a book written & published by grandpa in Salt Lake City, UT in a random used book sale? Safe to say it kinda made my week. So amazing. . Love & miss you, Grandpa Ric <3 I love learning more about you & getting the chance to connect more even posthumously. Means the world to me that I can keep close to him even after he’s gone. . #mastenclan #ricmasten #poet #writer #artist #painter #singer #songwriter #musician #bard #debard #wordsandoneliners #sunink #sunflowerink #poetlaureate #bigsur #uu #unitarianuniversalism #minister #troubadour #slc #centralexchange #booksale #family #pleasantsurprise (en Central Book Exchange) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmJikBsgXG9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a2m9ppe9joj9