RIP: To remember those lost to us, whether close or at large

Started by mamselle, June 03, 2019, 05:30:56 PM

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little bongo

That's fair. I seldom if ever agreed with Limbaugh, but to go from sports-guy-shock-jock to major national kingmaker is quite a ride.

fishbrains

Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti died yesterday

From "The world is a beautiful place":

             The world is a beautiful place
                                                           to be born into
       if you don't mind some people dying
                                                                  all the time
                        or maybe only starving
                                                           some of the time
                 which isn't half so bad
                                                      if it isn't you
I wish I could find a way to show people how much I love them, despite all my words and actions. ~ Maria Bamford

Larimar

Quote from: fishbrains on February 23, 2021, 12:21:04 PM
Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti died yesterday

From "The world is a beautiful place":

             The world is a beautiful place
                                                           to be born into
       if you don't mind some people dying
                                                                  all the time
                        or maybe only starving
                                                           some of the time
                 which isn't half so bad
                                                      if it isn't you

Aw, sorry to hear that he is gone.

Langue_doc


traductio

Quote from: Langue_doc on February 23, 2021, 01:12:42 PM
NYT obit https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obituaries/lawrence-ferlinghetti-dead.html

Oh, one of my all time favorites. What gifts he gave to the world:

From "I Am Waiting":

QuoteI am waiting
to get some intimations
of immortality
by recollecting my early childhood
and I am waiting
for the green mornings to come again   
youth's dumb green fields come back again
and I am waiting
for some strains of unpremeditated art
to shake my typewriter
and I am waiting to write
the great indelible poem
and I am waiting
for the last long careless rapture
and I am perpetually waiting
for the fleeing lovers on the Grecian Urn   
to catch each other up at last
and embrace
and I am awaiting   
perpetually and forever
a renaissance of wonder



Larimar

Adam Zagajewski, the amazing Polish poet, passed away yesterday. He leaves behind the good advice to "Try to Praise the Mutilated World".

fishbrains

My neighbor (in her mid-70's) had to put her dog down yesterday. This was one of those dogs who looked like it might die at any minute for the last 5 years; but the dog was always playful and enjoyed looking my dogs square in the eyes as she pooped a foot away from our chain-link fence while my dogs barked hysterically. The dog's last few days were pretty ugly. This was a chunky bulldog, so we had to help our neighbor lift it around. Ugh.

Our neighbor's son (who lived with her) died suddenly about 15 months ago and they had adopted the dog together as a puppy, so the dog was the queen of the house.

Our neighbor quit eating for a bit after her son died. We're keeping an eye on her.
I wish I could find a way to show people how much I love them, despite all my words and actions. ~ Maria Bamford

hmaria1609

The owner of a local independent wine shop in my town died early this week. I had brought bottles of Disznókő Tokaji Dry Furmint (2016 vintage) at this shop and enjoyed talking with the owner whenever I went. He remembered I wanted something from Croatia but he was unsuccessful finding a company there wanting to export.
He also carried some beers but wine was the main thing.

mamselle

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

AmLitHist

Several in the entertainment world this week:

Author Larry McMurtry aged 84

Actor George Segal, aged 87

Actress Jessica Walter, aged 80

hmaria1609

Quote from: mamselle on March 24, 2021, 07:39:26 PM
I'm sorry for both your losses.

M.
Thanks! The owner had been there for a decade, his shop was along one of the downtown streets. If the shop is shuttered for good, I'm sorry I didn't discover it sooner. :( Disznókő Tokaji Dry Furmint took me back to Budapest each time; I'm grateful he had that available.

namazu


fishbrains

Quote from: AmLitHist on March 26, 2021, 08:45:22 AM
Several in the entertainment world this week:

Actor George Segal, aged 87


My favorite dad joke from Segal (I think from Fun with Dick and Jane):

JF: "How many times have you been shot?"

GS: "Including this time?"

JF: "Yeah."

GS: "Once."
I wish I could find a way to show people how much I love them, despite all my words and actions. ~ Maria Bamford