I wish I had something to say. Words fail me even in the best of times.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Aug 25, 2023 4:52:09 pm PDT #24452 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
erikaj - Aug 25, 2023 5:11:09 pm PDT #24453 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
feeling this, scola. even as words are my armor. even the best aren't adequate.
P.M. Marc - Aug 25, 2023 5:13:45 pm PDT #24454 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It has been a blessing both to know her and to get to say farewell, and a privilege, as Kate P says, to be allowed to witness this part of your lives.
askye - Aug 25, 2023 5:47:17 pm PDT #24455 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
So much love to you and Matilda and everyone.
Cashmere - Aug 25, 2023 5:48:17 pm PDT #24456 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Caring for both my mom and my dad at the end felt so natural and easy. It really felt like I was caring for my own kids.
Which is nature’s nurturing instinct and part of what makes us human.
I want JZ to be at rest.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2023 6:10:47 pm PDT #24457 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Sending so much love, and many prayers for ease to you all, David.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2023 6:19:38 pm PDT #24458 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Caring for both my mom and my dad at the end felt so natural and easy. It really felt like I was caring for my own kids.
Which is nature’s nurturing instinct and part of what makes us human.
It has always felt like this to me, when caring for both relatives and friends. It is a natural process of life. Hard, of course, but resisting it just makes it such a painful burden.
I'm grateful for every motion of matter, every wave of energy, every placement of particles over time that created the universe where JZ is so well loved and cared for at the end of her beautiful journey.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2023 7:13:39 pm PDT #24459 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got a lovely note from Ellen S., long missed Buffista, today. I'd been thinking about her as I saw pix of her with JZ and Ed, and Teppy and Flea.
She said: "You have both added so much to my world - Jacqueline's style and 'moral elegance' (? not sure how to put it - I have always admired the bone-deep balanced decency of your interactions with others) and David's community-building are things I have always really appreciated. You both mean a great deal to this random person, and I'm sure to many more people than the many you already know of."
I have been trying to think of a way to phrase Jacqueline's particular manner of lived-ethics. How it is an extension of her faith, and acted upon in her politics. "Moral Elegance" - there you go.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2023 7:15:19 pm PDT #24460 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I managed to refrain from replying, "You know, part of your legacy as a Buffista is that when I think of the word 'cocksicle' I think of you!"
Sassy - Aug 25, 2023 7:24:30 pm PDT #24461 of 30000
'Til we dance away...
Thank you both so much for sharing this time. Death, as I’ve experienced in my life is often traumatic and angry. And it’s filled me with fear.
Although no one wants it to end, I honestly have felt peace following through this process. I know it doesn’t help or make anything better, but it has changed me. I’m sure I’m not the only one.