i received a text message my Mum yesterday afternoon saying that her father had died earlier in the day. the funeral is this Thursday afternoon in Rosebud. my Pa was a reserved man, so i don't feel...him a few years ago. he had been in a nursing home since the middle of last year due to decreasing health, including worsening dementia. my thoughts are with my Nana, Mum, Aunt C and Uncle A.

If you loved me, you would be here with me You want me, come find me Make up your mind Should I let you fall? Lose it all? So maybe you can remember yourself Today I went to my Uncle's funeral. I haven't...run errands and do paid work and be human again. I am not so thrilled with this. I think I'm going to work hard for the next two days, then take Monday off of life and sit around at home for a while

Joe's death is finally in the paper. Click here to read the Press Herald article . I'll post the text here in case the link eventually expires, so folks can read it. To see it in print is a strange feeling. Barely a hint. " Missing man found dead in elevator shaft By David Hench, Portland Press Herald Staff Writer September 10, 2007 12:52 PM Portland police say a man who was reported missing...

Here's to a guy I never talked to much, but who was always a friendly face. Here's to folks who were close to him that are feeling the emptiness. It is so surprising to find that things can come to such... drunk and screaming in the dark, yelling "Joe Black! Come back to life Joe Black!" When we told him this morning what had happened, it almost made sense. Almost. It's going to be a crowded funeral.

...of life and death. I will not let these deaths collapse me or my life. I need to postpone most of my thoughts until after. After I finish school. After I see two places I've always wanted to see. Death is so bloody inconvenient. I sleep in my own bed tonight, my room is nearly done. Another two hours of work and it will be a spotless refuge. I will need a refuge for the next few weeks. Pray,...

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, father of modern roleplaying, bane of my college GPA, has gone on to that great file folder of confiscated character sheets in the sky. He had such a huge...at a convention. He seemed like a nice guy and he signed a bunch of books for me. Now he's gone. Here's to you, Gary. We'll raise a glass of Crown Royal in your honor and keep the bag for our dice

You were as Eve at peace and rest within your garden, Silent as your name defined, but clearly listening Listening as now you can listen and see all that you had ever dreamed. Listening, you heard my...all the answers to the questions I had. I know you already have them, and you’re nodding ethereally as I write these words. I did not know you when I drove to your wake, Irene, but now I feel I d

... and tried to wake him for his appointment to have a massage, Browne said. "There were pills within the vicinity of the bed," Browne said, adding that he believed they were sleeping pills. No cause of death was determined. Ledger was nominated for an Academy Award as best lead actor for his role as a gay cowboy in 2005's "Brokeback Mountain," but the Oscar went to Philip Seymour Hoffman for his role...

natastic One of the best Radio personalities from Toledo died two days ago. I hung out with his kids @ First Unitarian in Toledo. Nate and Alex are awesome, as is his wife, Johanna. You may remember...in the J. Jeffrey Fretti Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the funeral home. The family suggests tributes to the Dennis Staples Foundation for diabetes and kidney disease research.

I was just starting to get to know Kate when she was unexpectedly caught in her basement during a heavy rainstorm and drowned, one year ago today. Her partner is making a documentary about their lives...that a partner would at end-of-life times. I encourage you to check out the website about the movie, For My Wife . A local columnist did a nice article about Charlene and her project . Thanks