Category: Grief

  • Of Books and Conferences Past

    Of Books and Conferences Past

    Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.

  • About Pete

    About Pete

    The world is losing one of the greatest musicians, rhythmic theorists, and just lovely and decent human beings ever to exist.

  • We Remember Mama

    We Remember Mama

    It’s the 15th anniversary of our mother’s death from Alzheimer’s. Hi, Mom.

  • My 9/11

    My 9/11

    AS I OFTEN do on this day, I here post a link to my story of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York, one of nine million stories from that day: zeldman.com/glamorous/54.shtml My story is not…

  • It’s a process

    It’s a process

    After finishing her late-night snack, she left the empty bowl beside her in the bed “for Emile’s spirit to nibble on.”

  • Choose Death

    Choose Death

    When I returned from Boston, my little white dog was much sicker. It’s the lungs. There’s a constant honking gasp, except when he’s sleeping. The doctors said this would happen, they just didn’t say when.…

  • Sleep never sleeps

    Sleep never sleeps

    Dreamed my parents were getting divorced. I’d be asking my momma why, and she would turn into my wife. The conscious mind deals with what is in front of you, the unconscious processes what has…