Oak Creek Home (Cartref Nant Y Dderwen)
Channel: John Good
Date: 2013-07-03

Bob Schaffner was father-in-law and friend to me. Twice a year the whole family, Maryanne, Kelly, Scott, Kevin, Joyce, Rich, nephews, nieces and significant others would meet in Sedona, along Oak Creek and spend a week amongst the quiet glory of the red rocks, sleeping within sound of that magical flowing stream. We would go trout fishing, hiking along the creek for hours on end, bird book in the back pocket, binoculars in the back pack and even if we came back empty-handed, the beer and barbeque and company were catch enough. It was Bob's favorite place in the world, and when he passed, we all gathered again and scattered his ashes in the welcoming stream. By now he is appropriately inseparable from this deep blue-green planet.

Cartref Nant y Dderwen/ Oak Creek Home, written soon after his passing, is my attempt to recapture those magical and happy times, and say thank you to the man who welcomed me as a son and friend and taught me so much.

A film by John Good and Mark Foshee