Comments | bluestocking79: Radio Bluey, or: Adventures in Broadcasting

bluestocking79

Radio Bluey, or: Adventures in Broadcasting

Jan 25, 2012 15:18

Some of you who follow me on Twitter might know that a mentor, friend, and ex-colleague of mine passed away quite recently. Bea's loss has made me thoughtful, as losses tend to do, and I've spent a lot of time thinking about her and appreciating the things I loved about her: her intelligence, her wit, her spirit, her determination, her sense of ( Read more... )

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juniperus January 25 2012, 20:41:42 UTC

That's a lovely, lovely tribute - I'm tearing up. (Really, I am. And smiling.))

bluestocking79 January 26 2012, 04:20:27 UTC

~hugs you and offers hankie~

Thank you, Juni. Bea was like a second grandmother to me, and I was so glad for the opportunity to celebrate her memory in style.

pandora_nervosa January 25 2012, 21:22:03 UTC

How cool is that? I know Bea would be proud! Also? Incredibly thoughtful of you! I'm sorry for your loss... but celebrating a life is what, I believe, we SHOULD do when we lose someone special to us. Well done!

bluestocking79 January 26 2012, 04:26:33 UTC

Thank you very much, and for the condolences, too. I'm sorry to have lost Bea, but I'm so much more glad to have known her. And I completely agree with you that celebrating a life is the way to do it. :-)

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bluestocking79 January 26 2012, 04:19:10 UTC

~offers hankie~ Thank you very much, Juno. It was an honor to be able to tell that story for Bea. I was so thankful for the opportunity!

clairvoyant January 26 2012, 00:48:12 UTC

Now that's a fabulous tribute to a woman who kicked some punk-ass ass. I wish I could have heard you tell her tale, but Xfm doesn't work for me (it knows I don't live in the UK, although the narrative voice in my head has a British accent). Her Free Press obituary gave a tiny snippet of that story. What an amazing woman.

bluestocking79 January 26 2012, 01:45:53 UTC

Aw, thank you! I thought you might have seen the obit in the Free Press. They did such a nice write-up for her, and I was delighted that they made mention of the story. She was, indeed, a punk-ass lady, and she taught me a lot of the things I know. :D

I'm glad you approve of the tribute! Sorry that Xfm didn't work for you... I've never had a problem with it, but I know some people do. Though I miiiiight be able to help with that, so I'll send you a PM. ;-)

I'll see if I can get an audio rip of it, too. Then I can share it as an mp3 file.

clairvoyant January 26 2012, 22:41:17 UTC

Your fix worked. I heard you! It was a beautiful.

Bea was a little spitfire! I wouldn't be surprised if a little bit of her rubbed off on you, Bluey.

Hey, did you change nationalities since I saw you last? ;)

bluestocking79 January 27 2012, 01:35:11 UTC

Yay! And thank you. :D

Bea was absolutely a spitfire, and I'm sure she did help shape me. She always stood up for what she believed in... and she was cool, really cool. She wasn't bothered by The Who's music at all, but they did have to mind their p's and q's. ;-)

And you've figured it out: I'm a stealth Canadian! Nah, actually, it showed up as a Canadian call on her end, which isn't totally surprising. Sometimes my own phone gets confused about whether I'm in the US or Canada, and switches over to Canadian service without warning.

kellychambliss January 26 2012, 02:29:31 UTC

That was great fun, Bluey -- thanks for the link. What a lovely tribute for your friend.

bluestocking79 January 26 2012, 03:55:00 UTC

Thank you, and you're very welcome! I was thrilled to be able to give Bea such a nice tribute, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity. It was all the more enjoyable for being so unexpected.