Comments on: The passing of a good man

By: Les Patrick

Les Patrick — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:22:53 +0000

Nice piece

By: Elspeth Tracey

Elspeth Tracey — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:25:15 +0000

Mortality does indeed gallop towards us with increasing velocity, leaving in its wake so many good people who have enriched our lives

By: Michael Wolffe

Michael Wolffe — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:42:20 +0000

so true

By: Richard Voegele

Richard Voegele — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:49:39 +0000

I, too, have hesitated deleting (such a cold word) friends who have passed from my contacts file. You remind me that for some it is time to let go.

You, as I, have had relationships with our mentors that transcend into multidimensional friendships that deny description. You are blessed to have had John in your life as he was to have you.

The torch has been passed.

Rich V

By: William Rice

William Rice — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 18:41:04 +0000

Yes, now it falls to us, our generation, we are the next in line to shamble or stride into the maw of history. So many euphemisms attached to the fact of our impending demise: enter the choir invisible, travel to the undiscovered country, join the majority, shuffle off our mortal coil. Even “ impending demise,” if long-lived one is apt to be lonely toward the end.
The Grateful Dead have a line in a song that I think of more and more, “Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be here.”

By: Allyson Brown

Allyson Brown — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 11:10:25 +0000

touching

By: David G from Bham

David G from Bham — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 11:09:31 +0000

a gentle and inclusive style which seems to be in demand at the moment.

By: WWL

WWL — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:22:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing the story of the life of your friend

By: Nick Dent

Nick Dent — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:19:24 +0000

losses grow year by year and the finitude of life becomes very present