Comments on: Notes from a memorial, revisited

By: Star light, star bright at Lesbian Dad

Star light, star bright at Lesbian Dad — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:09:11 +0000

[...] attending Barbara’s memorial, I wrote: Â I realize that death is, at the very least, camped out in a van across the street, eating donuts [...]

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:13:37 +0000

Thank you, and you are very welcome, Katie. Got to burden it together, that’s the only way.

By: katieschwartz

katieschwartz — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:56:58 +0000

exquisite, so exquisite.

being insanely phobic of death and losing the people I love, reading something so eloquent and beautiful about it makes it easier to burden.

thank you.

By: Liza

Liza — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:25:38 +0000

Start with the first book in the series, The Golden Compass. Your wee girly may be too young to enjoy the series yet, but I predict reading it together in the future.

The protagonist in Book 1 is an inspirational 11 year old girl; in Books 2 & 3 she is joined by a boy the same age.

I think you’ll find the whole series’ imaginings on morality, organized religion, childhood/adulthood, and *especially* the nature of the human soul extremely interesting. The series is marketed as a “children’s book” and it works as an action-adventure story with maturing child protagonists. But for adults, there is so, so, so much more.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:03:39 +0000

Thank you very much. I can’t think of a finer compliment — the visual image of a much-marked text.

By: Pingu

Pingu — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:53:40 +0000

You are such a gifted writer! If your blog was a book my copy would be full of pencil underlines and side notes.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:51:58 +0000

No I haven't, Liza. Thank you for the reference. Can I buy more books which I want to read, but may not be able to rummage up the time (or late-night alertness) to read? Yes! Especially when recommended by the likes of you, whose literary appetite is as voracious as it is omnivorous!

By: Liza

Liza — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:29:27 +0000

Have you read Philip Pullman’s series “His Dark Materials?” Your description of death, “sitting quietly in every room of the house, discreetly reading the paper, looking up from time to time to cast a watchful eye on the proceedings” reminds me very much of the third book in that series, The Amber Spyglass. And interestingly, I gave away quite a few copies of the series during the weeks after September 11, to those friends who were having difficulty finding hope again. It is my favorite book series.

By: LesbianDad

LesbianDad — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:15:17 +0000

[bows deeply]

By: annz

annz — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:01:25 +0000

Oh P – just beautiful. Thank you. And the photo is wonderful.