SKF NOTE: From Neil Peart’s letter to me from Toronto on October 31, 1985. As much as I appreciated our drum discussions, I have very fond memories of the thoughts Neil and I shared about writing.

The older I get, the more time seems finite, the more I appreciate Neil’s discipline with his writing.In this letter Neil’s reminds us how far we’ve all come with computer technology. In 1985 Neil “just got…an electric typewriter,” and says, “it’s really time…to think about a word processor [and] printer.”

Neil’s China journal was published as “Riding the Golden Lion.” I still have my copy in a good place.

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