I am so sorry about Strega. Like a lot of people, I didn't know her, but she was just organically, root-deep, bone-deep part of the board; every post of hers came with a little, "Ah, yes, of course, there she is!" Like a neighbor you don't know that well but see all the time a block or so away, just leaving the corner store or taking their dog for a walk or waiting for the bus. Part of the rhythm and life of the community.
This. Thank you for articulating how I'm also feeling so beautifully, JZ.
Also sorry to hear the news about Strega. Thanks for letting us know, Cindy.
Spacey has been in a saran wrap closet in the gay community as far back as I can remember, but everything I'd heard prior to this had been about him chasing after young adult guys, not 9th graders. Was it Hec who had the hilarious story of him trying to pick up Tom Welling at a party and Welling defusing the situation by playing dumb and pretending never to get the double meanings of what he was saying?
I think I took the good Monday from everyone else.
I had a great Monday, but that's because we went to see Chelsea Wolfe in concert tonight. She's got an amazing voice, and I got to feel that wonderful wall of sound pressure from heavy amplified bass and guitar. That is a thing I need to have occasionally.
Wishing peace to those who knew Strega, face to face or via the Board.
-t, my mother sat on a jury for 9+ months, for a case involving the molestation of children. A few years after that, when she was close to 70 (?) she got a summons for Federal Grand Jury duty [an age which would have been an automatic excuse], which would mean that she had to trek into Manhattan every day for a month. She very, very reluctantly approached the judge from the first case, and he got her excused. She still feels both relieved and guilty.
Good luck, Amy!
So sorry to hear about Strega.
Y'all, I do not feel like working. And I have almost the whole day free to work! And plenty of stuff to do! The one time I wish I were in meetings all day....
