Yes, it's that day.

And now....

Miriam Makeba did so much for the release of her country from Apartheid, and for the raising of awareness of her culture, and what it offers the world, even as she was exiled from the country she loved and fought for ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Michael....

That's all.

scribe_'s journal is now in memorial status--I got the email today ( Read more... )

Oh, and in other weirdness ( Read more... )

It has been a very long day indeed ( Read more... )

What did you learn from him?

What did he teach you?

What do you remember most?

What did he mean to you?

Who was he?

And it is, of course, most painfully long...

( So I'll cut it here... )

Yes, it's me ( Read more... )

I am posting this public because, as I said before, it is my deepest wish that people who are grieving and who have suffered loss be privy to the thoughts of one person who suffers with them, and who understands. It is my hope that some person I have not met takes solace here, and finds, in identifying with my reflections, a certain sense of peace ( Read more... )

She stands with watchful eyes on the life around her ( Read more... )