Category Archives: family
Tribute
We laid beloved kitty Wanda to rest two days ago, on Thursday, November 4, 2010, after her short period of collapse — after a long and warm life of nearly 20 years. Wanda had been my constant companion for over … Continue reading
Louise’s Garden
A memorial, it would seem, is about the memorialized, so my own journey in figuring out how to speak at Louise Doggett’s memorial today should have been secondary to Louise herself. In the end, though, so much was said about … Continue reading
The kryptonite that bought Prop 8
Freeze-frame in memory from my daughter’s infancy: She’s rolling around on the floor several feet away. I’m talking with someone on the couch. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a tall lamp post begin to fall in … Continue reading
