Lane von Herzen: Bryan Apple Turns Silent

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Friday, March 3, 2023

Bryan Apple Turns Silent

Email sent to: bapple@openspace.org From: lanemacwilliams@gmail.com. Date: March 1, 2023 at 10:56 AM

Re: MROSD Project -- County File: PLN2022-00333

Mr. Apple, I appreciate your response to my questions to Camille Leung regarding MROSD Project (County File: PLN2022-00333).

I noted that the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors' notes regarding the justification for the transfer of $272,711 out of Santa Clara County are inconsistent with Ms. Leung's explanation for the motivation of the transfer of those monies to San Mateo County.

Who is the contact person within Santa Clara County who is serving as the lead regarding the redirection of the $272,711 to a project outside of Santa Clara County, please?

Mr. Apple, will you please share with me your basic biographical information? I would like to know your educational background, including your degrees, dates on which you earned your degrees, and the specific institutions from which you graduated, please. Beyond this, I am interested in the documentation of your thesis work. Further, please share with me your contributions to conferences, professional associations and environmental journals.

What is your contact phone number, please?

I will appreciate your prompt follow up regarding this matter.

Sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

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Email sent to: lanemacwilliams@gmail.com. From: bapple@openspace.org. Date: March 1, 2023 at 10:56 AM

Re: Automatic Reply

I am out of the office Wednesday, March 1st. I will respond upon my return on Thursday, March 2nd.

Thanks,

Bryan Apple

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No response from Mr. Apple.