Rest in peace, Michael Been.

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From the SF Chronicle:Gunfire erupted inside an East Oakland church during a funeral Tuesday for an 18-year-old man slain at his birthday party, but no one was struck by bullets, police said ( Read more... )

I've been fighting off a cold for the past several days, but did go out for a couple of hours yesterday for Bucky's funeral. We did it Viking-style, with her wrapped in a shroud inside a cardboard-box coffin full of shaved pine and sweet spices with some of her favorite things, in a fast, hot fire in one of the grills at our favorite park by the ( Read more... )

The longer you live, the more sympathy cards you wind up buying.

I guess it's better than the alternatives.

It wasn't until I read this thread on Ask Metafilter just now that I remembered that today would have been my mom's 68th birthday.

...I'm beginning to think that forgetting is not such a great thing if it means I keep getting sandbagged like this.

Maybe I should mark February 19 and September 5 on the calendar.

Time to go listen to music and cry ( Read more... )

Your sympathy means more to me than I can say right now.

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And searching YouTube for some of her favorite musicians. At least, the ones that stuck in my memory. *wry smile*

For your enjoyment:

Blossom Dearie - ( Read more... )

Until 10 minutes ago, I had forgotten what day it was.

Fourteen years ago today, my mother died.

Dammit, dammit, dammit.

One life passage follows another, entirely too quickly.

Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87. "Her wife, Phyllis Lyon, was by her side."

Go hug someone you love.