{"id":1694,"date":"2009-06-17T01:54:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/06\/lucy-in-the-sky-with-the-wolf\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T08:59:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T15:59:04","slug":"lucy-in-the-sky-with-the-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/17\/lucy-in-the-sky-with-the-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy In The Sky With The Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Independent UK<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Real ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ gravely ill<\/h1>\n

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By Gregory Katz, Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n

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They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck.<\/p>\n


\nNot so unusual, really.<\/p>\n

Except she is Lucy Vodden \u2014 the girl who was the inspiration for the Beatles’ 1967 psychedelic classic “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” \u2014 and he is Julian Lennon, the musician son of John Lennon.<\/p>\n

They are linked together by something that happened more than 40 years ago when Julian brought home a drawing from school and told his father, “That’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds.”<\/p>\n

Just the sort of cute phrase lots of 3- or 4-year-olds produce \u2014 but not many have a father like John Lennon, who used it as a springboard for a legendary song that became a centerpiece on the landmark Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.<\/p>\n

“Julian got in touch with me out of the blue, when he heard how ill I was, and he said he wanted to do something for me,” said Vodden, who has lupus, a chronic disease where the immune system attacks the body’s own tissue.<\/p>\n

Lennon, who lives in France, sent his old friend flowers and vouchers she could use to buy plants at a local gardening center, since working in her garden is one of the few activities she is still occasionally well enough to enjoy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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