Pretty Ballerina
Hat tip to DJCline. YouTube video (audio with image of record player) Pretty Ballerina by Left Banke I had a date with a pretty ballerina Her hair so brilliant that … Read More
Category: Marilyn
Yet a While
My dear friend Mary Pitt sent me this poem she wrote for her beloved husband. He too, has departed and this poem now has special meaning for me as well. … Read More
Marilyn Wray Memorial Program
Marilyn Wray Memorial Booklet (pdf 1.1Mb) Landscape orientaion, two-sided, letter-size paper 8.5 in x 11 in. Text contained in the booklet follows: Marilyn Bonita Wray June 16, 1951 – May … Read More
“…I walk alone…”
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don’t know where it goes But it’s home to me and … Read More
The Cremation of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; … Read More
Renascence
by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1917 All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw … Read More
Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the … Read More
Rescue squad
Working from home this week, trying to re-establish the rhythm of my life. I have a photo of Marilyn above my home office desk and more than once I simply … Read More
One of many signs
When we knew she was terminal and time was short, I asked my wife to send me a sign from the other side. A week after she was gone one … Read More
Big purple rockers
We spent a ton of time sitting here, talking. Marilyn found these wonderful snap-together (like giant Duplo bricks!) rockers. We never could find more. I think they were made just … Read More
Mirror and candle
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton, Vesalius in Zante US novelist (1862 – 1937) Note – everything … Read More
Folding socks
As I was doing laundry today, I sorted out my sock drawer and paired up the socks. As I did I folded over the neck of each pair to keep … Read More
Like an old truck
Marilyn and a truck on Alcatraz island, San Francisco, CA. She really was like an old truck: front end shimmied, rear end grumbled, lots of dings and rattles, would never … Read More
Our last vacation
Marilyn and I only took one real vacation together – San Francisco and a trip down the coast. Here’s the photos.