No more funerals, memorial services, burials, cremations or anything of the sort.  I hope that Joan's was the last for a long, long time ( Read more... )

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/obituaries/miami-dade/story/712692.html

This is the Herald article about Joan Rosner, Suzi Doucha's mother.  The service will be on 10.18.  I will likely be playing Battle Hymn of the Republic on some sort of instrument.  For some reason, Joan requested that song to be played at her service.  Suzi calls me her " ( Read more... )

haven't had internet for a week due to housesitting at Joan's.

sleeping in the bed where a woman (whom you knew) 
died
not more than a few days prior is...
creepy.

and oh, i forgot to clean up the (small) mess
on the balcony
from the broken light fixtures that suddenly shattered
right-after-i-turned-off-all-the-lights-and-crawled-into-bed.