She’s gone. My little girl has passed away. She departed on December 30, 2020, at approximately 4:35 p.m. I say approximately, because her appointment was for 4:30, and the clock in the car said 4:45 while I was screaming my grief into my wadded-up skirt to muffle the sound. Last August, she was officially diagnosed…
Tag: farewells
Recap 1: The Last Days of Colorado
*BVoooooM!* That is the sound I keep hearing in my head, now that I am back online. You know, that “Ham Radio Coming Back On the Air, Pump Up the Volume Style” sort of sound. Hello world, greetings from Louisiana. As I write this, I am drinking an Abita Jockamo IPA and am at the…
On the Road, Off the Grid
My home internet shut off today. I have also made the discovery that I am completely inept at writing anything longer than a sentence or two via my telephone…I just don’t have those mighty thumbs. This means that this will be my last blog entry until I arrive in Louisiana next week and get Molly…
A Sashless Belt; New Horizons
This past Saturday, February 4, 2012, at approximately 6:00 p.m., I became a retired member of the fleet of the Rogues of Colorado. I will admit to a remaining sense of shell-shocked-ness, still, as it has not quite sunk in all the way yet. Once my name goes black, on the forums, I’m sure it…