People Who Do the Dangerous Things That Need to be Done: Tim Hetherington
I’ve just finished watching a must-see Documentary Famed war correspondent and filmmaker, Sebastian Junger (War, The Perfect Storm, Restrepo) has made a documentary about a
Category: Loss
A Few Things From My Life
Ellen Marie Stradall Thank you everyone for all your kind, well-wishes for my grandmother’s memorial service. It was so lovely. All the words spoken were
Dark Night Of the Soul: Lost Friend
My friend Ion’s memorial service is on Saturday. It’s going to be at a lifeguard tower in Santa Monica where he worked and saved lives
When Someone Dies Too Young
An Unexpected Call I was working in my outdoor office last Thursday in the 90-degree heat when my cell phone rang. I didn’t recognize the
When Caregivers Strike
“We’re born in diapers and we die in diapers.” This is what my grandpa Rusty told my mom, aunt, grandma and me as we hovered
My 99-Year Old Grandma Saved My Life
My Grandma Ellen turned 99 Today She was born in Wakeeny, Kansas, Trego County, July 2, 1913. We celebrated with wine and cake. I lay
The Celebration of a Life
On Saturday my mom had a celebration at her home for her passionate, intelligent, macho, intrepid, intractable, loving, Rennaisance-Man-of-a husband, Guido, who passed away last
Love Is All That Matters
Loss My father-in-law passed away Sunday night. He’d been a young stage actor in New York. He’d been one of the original writers on Captain
Requiem For a Heavyweight
September 16th, 2011 At 9 a.m. my stepfather Guido (yes, Guido, will all the ardor for life that implies) passed away due to the repercussions
Daring to Love
Here’s the problem with ice cream. You mean to eat it slowly so that your eating pleasure is in direct inverse proportion to ice cream’s
