Joan Athey - Storyteller supreme!

So, it is safe to say our Bed-in truly is getting to our heads. Not because we are overrun by overzealous activists out there ready to pass the torch (we wish!) but more because of the lack of oxygen and the heat emanating from the machines in the room. I know Yoko and John didn't bother about bringing computers and what not into the room. I am also sure they didn't make the hotel patch a dedicated 100Mbit line into their room. But who knows, if Internet would've been around back in 1969, maybe that is exactly what they would have done. But I figure they probably would have organized their own satellite broadcast - besides, from what I gather, they couldn't have fit a computer of that time into the rooms they stayed in. We fit 4 in the room, heh.

Someone who knows a heck of a lot more about this is Joan Athey. How she found us, is a mystery to me, I am going to have to ask her tonight when she calls. If you read this Joan, remind me that I had something to ask you.

So Joan has called us twice and well, it has become one of them moments during the day we talk about and that we look forward to. She will keep on calling us for more Bed-in-time stories.

But, instead of complicating this the way I am just going to try and keep it short and simple. Here's to you Joan Athey!

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Andrea and I were shocked right out of our bed when the Skype connection lit up on the first day with a call from Canada. It was Joan Athey. She wanted to know if we wanted to hear a bed-time story every day that we are at our Bed-in. Of course we said "YES".

She has written a beautiful book. At least it sounds beautiful. The first two essays are incredible and we loved them.

The name of her book is Give Peace A Chance: John and Yoko's Bed-in for Peace, 1969, by Joan Athey published by Wiley in May 2009. It is available in English, French and German and Swedes can buy it on-line at Amazon. It is the only book devoted to the Bed-in with over 80 amazing photos of John, Yoko, the celebrities, fans and gate-crashers who dropped by during the 8 days. The photographer Gerry Deiter (on assignment for Life Magazine) was the only photographer there the entire 8 days.

I wonder what story she will read to us today?