New! Improved!
In honor of television pitchman Billy Mays, I have made some improvements (I hope) to the Cabin. It will now make your socks whiter! Your hard hat can be irrevocably glued to a piece of lumber! Your onions chopped instantly into perfect little cubes! Read more
Two weeks out
A couple of weeks out from Don’s departure, and I have to say that I wouldn’t take back my decision to be there at the end. I know he knew I was there, and that Ron was there, and what each of us was doing for him. He responded differently to each of us. I had most of the night before to hold his hand and tell him all the things I wanted to tell him. Read more
Five Remembrances
This has been one of the things sustaining me over the last few months of difficult changes and the loss of a dear friend. I understand it to be a Buddhist message, although I haven’t been able to identify for sure where it comes from. Read more
Departure
Don left us on Wednesday in the early afternoon. He was not in much pain, but the last few hours his lungs had become congested, which is common when the body is shutting itself down. His breathing was very labored, which must have been exhausting. Ron and I were with him, holding his hand and doing what we could. He couldn’t talk, but when he met my eyes I know he recognized me and understood the things I was saying to him. Read more
Update
I’ve been working when I can on a sort of memoir, specifically of the history of my friendship with Don. (It’s a work in progress, posted on a separate page here at the site.)
Don has always been worthy of documenting — he is funny and brilliant and unique and amazing. But I never really thought of doing it until the last couple of months, as it became clear that his cancer could be neither treated nor slowed down. Read more
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