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From the monthly archives:
September 2008
I started to write a post full of venom about the reasons why I was writing an obituary on September 25th for my father, who died on August 16, 2008. If it isn’t obvious, the answer is that I wasn’t informed in any sort of personal manner, and yes, I was angry about it. [...]
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Which is to say, in a somewhat stark way, that I have something to say here but can’t quite figure out the right way to say it. So for now, at the same place where all things begin. A thought, a story, a picture, an image, all beginning with light, shadow, and the blank [...]
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This is for my dad, Robert Ronald Hayes…born January 28, 1932, died August 16, 2008
The obituary in the paper is three lines long and inaccurate. It reads:
Robert Ronald Hayes, 78, a probation officer, of Las Vegas, died Aug. 16, 2008. He is survived by his son, Patrick McSweeney of Las Vegas. No services scheduled.
The [...]
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We cannot think of a time that is oceanless
Or of an ocean not littered with wastage
Or of a future that is not liable
Like the past, to have no destination.
TS Eliot, The Dry Salvages
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