A good friend, an old friend, died July 19. It is highly likely that you might have known her - either as Sandy, media fan par excellence, writer and vidder and panel leader at cons. Or in the SCA as Rhiannonn verch Myfanwy, OP, active around the time Antir became a kingdom, as a Herald, Madrone Leaf and Crier Editor, one of the Regalettes, bardic song leader, etc. Wherever she participated, she enlivened the event with her laughter and intelligence and amazing singing voice, and energized the participants with joy.
A memorial will be held to celebrate her life September 18, 2011, at
Kubota Gardens, between 2:30pm and 4:30pm. As her partner says, "Bring your singing voice, stories of Sandy, and sunshine, please!"
Here's the
announcement her partner made about the memorial. An
obituary was published in the Seattle Times.
There is a Sandy-sized hole in the universe now. A basic rule of the universe is that matter/energy can neither be added nor subtracted, but whatever shape the Sandy-matter/energy is in now, is no longer perceptible to me. And that makes me very very sad.