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On Friday afternoon, March 1st, our darling Rosy left us. She was our heart dog, our soul dog, our heart-and-soul dog. Our house is empty of the joy she always carried with her, and there is a huge Rosy-sized hole in our hearts. Our dear little parrot...
by arhpdx
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on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 03:59 AM PST
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It’s been a strange year, personally. Not a bad year, just a strange one. I’ve been skittering along on the surface of things, to busy too focus on any one specific project, reading too�many ...
by DrLori
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on Mon Feb 05, 2024 at 05:00 PM PST
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I haven’t written much on this site since your Jan. 11 memorial last year. Though so much has happened both on-site and elsewhere, any connections to you seem tenuous. Your birthday memorial falls conspicuously at a time when the Christmas season has...
by Jay Cuasay
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 04:51 AM PST
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Following are�a few pictures of Ted at some of our DKos Asheville gatherings and activities. I miss you Ted, rest peacefully brother. LC and Dave�
by randallt
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on Sun Dec 24, 2023 at 09:35 AM PST
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Cross-posted to my Substack, The Janovsky Report Today is the anniversary of the death of my great uncle, Dr. Iliazar Israel Schaechter, (above, c. 1930), so I am lighting a Jewish Memorial (Yahrzeit) candle in his memory. He was a hero physician in...
by Bethesda 1971
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on Sat Dec 23, 2023 at 01:50 PM PST
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As we come to the end of 2023, we remember the people who have moved through the door of life and into our collective subconscious. Musicians, composers, and singers are among the many groups of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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As we come to the end of 2023, we remember the people who have moved through the door of life and into our collective subconscious. Musicians, composers, and singers are among the many groups of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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As we come to the end of 2023, we remember the people who have moved through the door of life and into our collective subconscious. Musicians, composers, and singers are among the many groups of ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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As we come to the end of 2023, we remember the people who have moved through the door of life and into our collective subconscious. Musicians, composers, and singers are among the many groups of ...
by Walter Einenkel
111 comments
on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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This is really down to Maudlin, who shared the following information.� With her kind permission, I am sharing it here and hoping that all of us who knew and loved Observerinvancouver will do a bit ...
by The Marti
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 11:59 AM PST
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I reckon this is what they call ‘survivors guilt’. Their names and faces are burned into my minds eye, as their pictures adorn a wall in my study. Today, as I do semi regularly, I stand in front of each one and close my eyes, in remembrance and prayer....
by Tevye
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on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 03:52 PM PST
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All Set To Retire, Then The Moment That Thrust Dianne Back Into Service And A Decade Of Cold Sweats. She and her husband Bertram were relieved about her impending early retirement from politics, and excited of what the future was going to bring. Bertram was a neurologist and doing very well thank you very much, and Dianne was digging deep on what the...
by Tevye
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 07:39 AM PDT
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Every year, this date rolls around, and every year, whether subconsciously or consciously, it brings with it a significant amount of pent-up emotion. It’s the day the United States was attacked by terrorists on our own soil in a way that would forever...
by Benthovens5th
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on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 11:13 PM PDT
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Hi friends. I am now in Somerset, PA. I will be attending the services tomorrow, a dozen or so miles away at the Flight 93 National Memorial, for the third year in a row. Being in the presence of and offering my condolences to the families and friends...
by Tevye
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 02:14 PM PDT
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My daughter, Summer, treated the family to a Birthday brunch at a delightful place in Black Mountain yesterday. We had a fine time and the rest of day was good. Later, she posted the following letter to Joy, and I thought those that knew her as Joieau...
by randallt
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on Mon Jun 05, 2023 at 09:31 AM PDT
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John F. Kennedy was born on May 29th 1917 in Brookline, MA. He was the 35th president of the United States. There are still books written about this most charismatic American president. Today, there are still things we are finding out about his life we...
by Charles Micheaux
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on Sat May 27, 2023 at 01:23 PM PDT
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I posted this three years back, when I heard the news that Tina had chosen to die with dignity, on her own terms at her own time, with one of the Swiss Right- To- Die organizations. In her case, Dignitas and Exit. With her best friend, husband and...
by Tevye
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on Wed May 24, 2023 at 12:28 PM PDT
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Today is my father's birthday. He would have been 106 today if he had made it. But he didn't. The odds were against him. And anyway he smoked. Cigarettes killed him at age 79. My dad fell in love with my mother at first sight. Don't do that. It seldom...
by McCrowlerr
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on Mon Apr 10, 2023 at 08:04 AM PDT
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After Seeing Rachel's Dead Body, I Threw My Yarmulke In The Dirt. Muslim Boy Put It Back On My Head. As part of my desire to keep the memory alive of a fallen comrade… a true champion of the downtrodden.... I post a diary here every year on the day of her murder, so my brothers and sisters can also know her, keep her and protect her in their hearts....
by Tevye
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on Sat Mar 18, 2023 at 02:25 PM PDT
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Yesterday, the New Mexico House of Representatives honored my father Dr. Daniel Fine in a Memorial. My thanks to the majority whip and friend Reena Szczepanski. Life long friend and tutor at St. Johns, College, Phil LeCuyer. Energy Committee Charmain...
by bluewill
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on Sat Mar 11, 2023 at 08:29 PM PST
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