Archive for Death
Back in late June, two people were murdered in the house next door to where I live. A couple days...
Twig just pointed me to a fascinating article about preventing impulsive suicide, by Scott Anderson. I found the first couple...
I imagine most of you who would want to know already know by now that Thomas M. Disch committed suicide...
Flight home was largely uneventful. Kam picked me up at the airport, and we went to a new Ethiopian place...
Alexander Courage died last month. For those who don't know, he was a composer and arranger for TV and movies,...
I'm sorry to see that Arthur C. Clarke has died, at the age of 90. I'm too muzzyheaded to have...
Today's the third anniversary of my father's murder. Been doing more or less okay, though once again haven't been sleeping...
Through roundabout means, this morning I happened across a memorial posting for Major Andrew Olmsted, who was killed in Iraq...
Kam accompanied me tonight to the Kara memorial service in Palo Alto that I mentioned a few entries back. It...
There's a grief-support center in Palo Alto called Kara; every year, they have a memorial gathering, "invit[ing] the community to...
As most of you know by now, Madeleine L'Engle has died at age 88. I liked the original Wrinkle in...
This morning, I was half-listening to iTunes on shuffle play again, and one of my two or three favorite pieces...