Eight years
It's now been eight years since my father was killed. I still miss him. As I noted the other day,... (More...)
It's now been eight years since my father was killed. I still miss him. As I noted the other day,... (More...)
Several friends of mine have lost people close to them in the past few months. It occurred to me recently... (More...)
I didn't know Aaron Swartz, the brilliant Internet activist who committed suicide yesterday at age 26, but friends of mine... (More...)
Today would've been my father's 73rd birthday. It's also the 32nd anniversary of my mother's death. I'm doing okay today... (More...)
My mother would've been 69 years old today. So far I've been mostly okay, but with a couple of gusts... (More...)
It seems hard to believe that it's been seven years since my father was killed. (Yes, I know the right-side... (More...)
Today would have been my father's 72nd birthday. It's also the 31st anniversary of my mother's death. I haven't been... (More...)
Today would have been my mother's sixty-eighth birthday. (Sixty-eight? Really? She was only thirty-seven when she died; it's really hard... (More...)
I was very sorry to hear the other day that Joanna Russ had died. I've been waiting to post until... (More...)
Been off in Florida the past few days, helping Annie F after her mother's unexpected death. Been mostly offline, and... (More...)
My father was killed six years ago today. Anniversaries of deaths are often difficult for me, but I'm mostly doing... (More...)
Today was the twelfth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance in hundreds of cities all over the world. A couple dozen... (More...)
Today would have been my father's 71st birthday. It's also the 30th anniversary of my mother's death. I was mostly... (More...)
Today my mother would have been sixty-seven years old. I'm not sure I can really imagine her at sixty-seven. She... (More...)
I wasn't on Facebook much last week, and so I missed various people posting about the fact that our friend... (More...)
After over a year of struggling with cancer, Jeanne Robinson has died. I didn't know her, but I liked Stardance,... (More...)
Two weeks ago, on the anniversary of my father's death, I finally decided to get moving on a project I'd... (More...)
Spent the week kind of wandering around in a daze. Recovered my usual sleep patterns after Monday, but never really... (More...)
Today's the fifth anniversary of my father's death. I had intended to spend some of this weekend fixing some problems... (More...)
I've been reading William Tenn's stories since I was a kid; his stories were scattered through a bunch of the... (More...)
Green Man Review reports that Kage Baker died this morning, of cancer. (More...)
A couple of weeks ago, author Kage Baker's sister Kathleen Bartholomew sent out a public note revealing that Baker had metastatic cancer. Unfortunately, things have gotten even worse. (More...)
Today would have been my father's 70th birthday. Hard to imagine him being 70. But then, even while he was... (More...)
Besides all the travel, the other reason that I'm trying to conserve my emotional energy at the moment is that... (More...)
It's been four years since my father was killed. I'm gonna try and keep busy, spend the day focused on... (More...)
I'm sorry to see that Majel Barrett Roddenberry died of leukemia this morning, age 76. Memory Alpha's entry says that... (More...)
It snuck up on me. On Sunday, I glanced at my calendar for the coming week, and was surprised to... (More...)
Back in late June, two people were murdered in the house next door to where I live. A couple days... (More...)
Twig just pointed me to a fascinating article about preventing impulsive suicide, by Scott Anderson. I found the first couple... (More...)
I imagine most of you who would want to know already know by now that Thomas M. Disch committed suicide... (More...)
Flight home was largely uneventful. Kam picked me up at the airport, and we went to a new Ethiopian place... (More...)
Alexander Courage died last month. For those who don't know, he was a composer and arranger for TV and movies,... (More...)
I'm sorry to see that Arthur C. Clarke has died, at the age of 90. I'm too muzzyheaded to have... (More...)
Today's the third anniversary of my father's murder. Been doing more or less okay, though once again haven't been sleeping... (More...)
Through roundabout means, this morning I happened across a memorial posting for Major Andrew Olmsted, who was killed in Iraq... (More...)
Kam accompanied me tonight to the Kara memorial service in Palo Alto that I mentioned a few entries back. It... (More...)
There's a grief-support center in Palo Alto called Kara; every year, they have a memorial gathering, "invit[ing] the community to... (More...)
As most of you know by now, Madeleine L'Engle has died at age 88. I liked the original Wrinkle in... (More...)
This morning, I was half-listening to iTunes on shuffle play again, and one of my two or three favorite pieces... (More...)
I recently discovered that the Uncle Bonsai albums are available on CD. They're still not available via the iTunes Store,... (More...)
Uncle Paul called last night to let me know that Grandma had died a little after 6 p.m., Washington time.... (More...)
The New York Times reports that Kurt Vonnegut died tonight at age 84. I had no idea until I read... (More...)
March 7, 2005, was the day my father was murdered, though we didn't find out until the 8th. I thought... (More...)
On Saturday, I was gearing up to do some house-cleaning when Twig showed up. She had left her stuff at... (More...)
I just learned that Robert Anton Wilson died on Thursday. I knew he'd been in ill health lately, but hadn't... (More...)
This morning, I went over to Pam & Arthur's to help them move furniture and books; they're rearranging a bunch... (More...)
Tomorrow/today (Saturday the 11th) would have been my father's 67th birthday. It's also the 26th anniversary of my mother's death.... (More...)
To quote Locus Online: "SF Grand Master Jack Williamson, born 1908, died this afternoon at his home in Portales, New... (More...)
I was sad all day today. Even though I didn't know him. Perhaps because so many people wrote, eloquently, about... (More...)
Author John M. "Mike" Ford died early this morning or late last night, at the age of 49. Elise Matthesen... (More...)
More and more, lately, it seems like I have both happy and sad things to post about on the same... (More...)
I knew Jim Baen had had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't known until just now... (More...)
In case anyone's been wondering what's up with the SH forum and missed Susan's explanation: Last Friday (9 June), Susan... (More...)
Belated happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers reading this! I'm always impressed by y'all. And, more generally, yay... (More...)
According to the SFWA obituary: Polish science fiction author Stanislaw Lem died in his home city of Krakow on Monday,... (More...)
Thank you for all the comments and emails, everyone. Very much appreciated. (I should clarify something about timing: due to... (More...)
For those who haven't heard: sf writer Octavia E. Butler died on Saturday, age 58. Here are some relevant links... (More...)
Andreas Katsulas, who played G'Kar on Babylon 5, has died of lung cancer at age 59. I knew nothing about... (More...)
Just discovered that filksinger-songwriter Cynthia McQuillin died two weeks ago, on January 14, of renal and respiratory failure, at age... (More...)
Or maybe I mean "weird week." I haven't been sleeping well, but I've been sleeping late. I've been putting in... (More...)
The other morning I had a dream in which I was talking with some kind of a counselor, in her... (More...)
Actor John Spencer, who played Leo McGarry on The West Wing, died on Friday of a heart attack, a few... (More...)
Most of you who would care know by now that sf author Robert Sheckley died a week ago. It's been... (More...)
Yesterday, Kam and I visited Coyote Point and then saw the Narnia movie. I'll talk about Narnia in a separate... (More...)
This morning, after several phone calls that didn't pan out, I wrote a semi-frantic email (intending to send it to... (More...)
I've abandoned my original plan to spend this weekend doing a triage pass on Peter's books to get rid of a bunch of them before shipping them to my place; instead, I'm boxing them all up to mail, and I'll sort them at my leisure at home. (More...)
Today would have been my father's 66th birthday. It's also the 25th anniversary of my mother's death. I'm staying home... (More...)
Jay has posted about the sentencing hearing. He also linked to a Tacoma News Tribune article about the hearing; nothing... (More...)
Tonight's email brought news that my former co-worker Patrice O'Neill died of cancer on Saturday. Patrice was great. I was... (More...)
It feels weird and awkward to juxtapose tonight's three entries, on unrelated but important subjects. I'm sorry about that. But... (More...)
A couple of months ago, Jay wrote about (among other things) Peter's house and the trustee's sale. (And why you... (More...)
Among the many things I've been meaning to post for the past week or so is the fact that the... (More...)
Today was, of course, the fourth anniversary of the September 11th attacks; I saw surprisingly little commentary about that... (More...)
(Yikes! No wonder the comment-spam levels have dropped precipitously—I broke the comments-display pages for my and Mary Anne's journals a... (More...)
My mother, Marcy, would have been 62 years old today. I wrote that linked-to piece sixteen years ago; glancing over... (More...)
WorldCon's been nothing if not distracting. I've managed to go hours at a time without thinking about stuff about my... (More...)
Happy Father's Day to all of you who are fathers. May your children bring you happiness, joy, and the occasional... (More...)
Warning: Long stream-of-consciousness entry impending, fresh out of chronological order. Was just poking through j7y's LJ, which among other things... (More...)
Had my first grief-counseling appointment. I think it went pretty well. I told the doctor at the start that I... (More...)
The Pierce College student newspaper, the Pioneer, ran a front-page story about Peter, along with a couple of sidebars and... (More...)
People have been (quite reasonably) asking how I'm doing lately, and I don't have a good answer. Mostly I say... (More...)
All week, I've been thinking, "Oh, right, that's the thing I was going to post about." But I keep thinking... (More...)
The past few days have been kind of a blur, even though very little has been happening. I'm slowly getting... (More...)
Science fiction writer Andre Norton died this morning. I've been meaning to post for the past couple weeks mentioning that... (More...)
I got D&J's permission, so here's the photo of Rose and her mustache. Moments after I took that photo, Rose... (More...)
Long entry here, just general updates on the past couple days. Saturday evening before I posted that last entry, I... (More...)
The continued outpouring of support in comments and email is just about making me cry as I sit here in... (More...)
Here's some of what I've been thankful for this week: Kam. She's been amazing. Strong and capable, holding me when... (More...)
In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations to the Pierce College Foundation in the name of Peter Hartman... (More...)
Kam came over this morning, and then came with me to Tacoma. My brother's travel agent took care of the... (More...)
My father just died. That's all I can say right now. I'll be offline and out of contact indefinitely. If... (More...)
Today was several birthdays: L. Frank Baum would've been 139; I meant to try to get in touch with Sally C., but... (More...)
This time of year is bittersweet for me. The excitement of WorldCon and another Strange Horizons anniversary is great, and... (More...)
Today is the 22nd anniversary of my mother's death. Also my father's birthday. And my friend Mikala's; funny, someone just... (More...)
I'm not sure whether it's a notable coincidence or not that Mary Anne's mother's birthday, Jenn's mother's birthday, and my... (More...)
I've been meaning to write about the weekend of the 13th and 14th for a week now. On Friday I... (More...)