My emotional state
A couple weeks ago, I sat down to write a blog entry about how I was doing with regard to...
Archive for Death
Thoughts on deaths of parents
Although this entry was partly sparked by the recent deaths of several friends' parents, it's going to be focused specifically...
People’s parents dying, and other hard times
The past few months have been difficult times for a lot of my friends. I feel like all through the...
Talking to people who are going through tough times
This post is something I've been meaning to write for years; I'm finally writing it as a starting point/background for...
Harold and Maude
(I wrote this entry in July, but was reluctant to post it at the time. Now that I'm ready to...
Long ago, it must be
Today would have been my father's 75th birthday. It's also the 34th anniversary of my mother's death. I wasn't feeling...
State of the Jed
I meant to write a bunch of long-delayed blog entries while on vacation last week, but it somehow never happened,...
Missing Sara and the fall leaves
Yesterday at work, I got half a dozen requests from an automated system to remove Sara's name from various permission...
My mother’s birthday
My mother would've been 71 years old today. I've apparently been confused in past birthday entries about what year she...
Assorted notes, loosely connected to Sara
A few notes more or less pertaining to Sara: On Thursday, driving home from the memorial service for Sara, I...
Bad news
I'm very sorry to say that my closest colleague at work, Sara G, has died. I'm not mentioning her full...
RIP, Lucius Shepard
I just learned that Lucius Shepard died two days ago. I haven't had much contact with him in a long...