Thank you so much for putting me up for the night on Saturday. It was great getting to hang out with you again.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
ita's thread
A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.
Lee - Jan 25, 2015 7:55:36 pm PST #1345 of 3157
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Burrell - Jan 25, 2015 8:13:38 pm PST #1346 of 3157
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yes, me too. Need to hang more.
That was kind of the take home message: need to see people more
erin_obscure - Jan 25, 2015 8:14:51 pm PST #1347 of 3157
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
The obit is marvelous, for a 'make me cry at work' value of marvelous. Very well written.
JZ- yea
Pix- I think that would be lovely (and might even be able to bank up a couple days worth of vacation time given a few months.)
Allyson- your hair is the shiniest.
Lee and Burrell and LAistas doing all the things- your eyes are like shiny stars
WindSparrow - Jan 25, 2015 8:31:20 pm PST #1348 of 3157
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
JZ, yea
My grieving loves, be gentle with yourselves. May your sleep be healing and sweet.
Allyson - Jan 25, 2015 9:27:28 pm PST #1349 of 3157
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Polgara did everything for the brunch. Hec provided the music, Kristen did flower arrangements, and Polgara made these awesome photo cubes that the family took home to use at the service in Jamaica.
I sat on my lazy ass and did nothing.
Polgara made a photo slide show of pictures of ita to play on the laptop next to the guest book. ita's father stood in front of it for a very long time, watching pictures of his daughter slip by on the screen.
I got to snuggle with bon bon's baby boy for awhile, and that was the best therapy I could have had. He's such a cheery little fellow.
DavidS - Jan 25, 2015 10:11:15 pm PST #1350 of 3157
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bon baby snuggling is good for your soul.
EpicTangent - Jan 25, 2015 10:27:19 pm PST #1351 of 3157
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Could someone re-link to ita's art page? There was a portrait of Ichabod she did that I loved and have been wanting to see again. Thanks a lot.
Beverly - Jan 25, 2015 10:37:34 pm PST #1352 of 3157
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Here, Epic?
erin_obscure - Jan 25, 2015 10:44:29 pm PST #1353 of 3157
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
That brunch sounds wonderful, it's astonishing how powerful photos can be. Gotta admit, I keep visiting the FB page daily and going through all the photos again and again (even when I couldn't muster up the oomph to come read here). It's a joyous collection.
Jessica - Jan 26, 2015 4:04:55 am PST #1354 of 3157
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ION, I was just lurking on the o-deck, and the culture there is so different from ours -- one poster linked to John Moore's beautiful piece and was absolutely excoriated by most of the others for violating her privacy. Since she hadn't shared all that information with them already, it was not kosher to post that link, or to do anything but acknowledge that it existed somewhere. Some people don't even want a link to her obituary.
I can see how, if you squint real hard and tilt your head just right, posting a link like that could look a lot like a doxxing, since she didn't use her real name over there. But I also can't see what harm linking to her obit or other tributes could possibly do, under the circumstances. It's not like she has to worry about stalkers anymore.