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I received this email from ita’s sister, Moji.

De: Moji Anderson
Para: Moji Anderson
Asunto: ita, 10 years later!!
Fecha: Viernes 20 de Diciembre de 2024, 9:40 AM
Hold on a minute!!! It's been ten years since ita left us???
Inconceivable!!
Would you join us in remembering her on Saturday, January 4? Remember how in years past we had a share-the-photo thing of us doing our own memorialising? Well now, we could up the ante with a Zoom call if anyone is interested in that? It would be nice to be together and share memories - jokes and scary things (that last one is probably mostly me) and unbelievable stories, things that have happened since she left that she would be totally excited about (TV shows!! Movies!! and er... Supernatural's...developments!!!). And also, it'd be a great opportunity to catch up on everyone's lives! For those not into that, you could do the same thing as years past, where you do something you know she loved, and send on a picture. These are ideas I gave last time:
- anything to do with any martial art (her favourite was krav maga - she also loved capoeira) - you could wear a shirt with a martial art image / actually do a couple forms / punch/kick someone in the face/body / wherever
- anything to do with comics - you could wear clothes with the images / you could read one/some / whatever
- anything to do with TV shows like Supernatural / Community / anything Joss Whedon has ever written
- anything to do with superhero movies
- anything to do with the movie Princess Bride
- eating any delicious dessert (she loved baking sweet things!)
- eating any Jamaican food / drink
- playing / dancing / singing along to anything by Prince / Bob Marley
- do something intellectually challenging (e.g. play Scrabble, do an IQ test)
- read a scifi book
- do some drawing / sketching / photography
- etc...
- and wearing pink and black, her favourite colours
Whatever you do, let's do it again at 4pm Jamaica time, which means...
- 4pm on the East Coast of the US and Canada
- 1pm in LA, Vancouver
- 3pm in New Orleans
- 9pm in London
- 10pm in Stockholm
- 8am Sunday in Australia
ita's LA folks: if you could spread this around a bit for those people I don't know/have info for, that'd be great.
For those interested in Zooming, could you let me know, so I know if it makes sense to set up a call? Love!
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"We're all fragile. Even the dinosaurs bit it. What can you be in between your beginning and your end, is the question." Sis

Shir just texted me that her father passed away this morning.

I don't know any more details yet, but I'm sure that regardless, your love and vibes will help comfort her.

So hey! While all the humans are fine (those who cannot walk, my dad and sister, were not in the house at the time, as they're both in care places/hospitals because they cannot walk at this time), my parents' house burnt down yesterday. They've been there for almost 55 years. I grew up in it. I now have my mom on my couch. My brother's still in the hospital while they make sure he's okay to release. No clue where we're putting him. We barely have room for Mom.

Anyhow. So that happened.

Op-ed blog Post [link]