RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People
At Stardate 20100114.1538, Pat Mathews wrote: Yep. That last line was definitely explosive. It'll be 10 years next June, and it still hurts. Those who were around on this list back then will know what I mean. Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Pat Mathews wrote: > If this is consoling instead of making matters worse - I ran across the > following poem online. It's Seamus Heaney on the death of a sibling. Just in > case it makes matters worse for some people, I will Spoiler it. Get a hanky > and look out for that last line - it's explosive. > I'm a little numb to it right now... but we have somebody right here on the list, my best friend, who knows this story all too well. When I saw the size of his son's coffin, I found it very hard to look at. My sister was quite short. At 5' 8", I'm the tallest in my family. But there is no coffin, just a little box of her ashes. That was so hard to receive. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People
If this is consoling instead of making matters worse - I ran across the following poem online. It's Seamus Heaney on the death of a sibling. Just in case it makes matters worse for some people, I will Spoiler it. Get a hanky and look out for that last line - it's explosive. S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O I L Midterm Break Seamus Heaney I sat all morning in the college sick bay Counting bells knelling classes to a close, At two o'clock our neighbors drove me home. In the porch I met my father crying -- He had always taken funerals in his stride-- And Big Jim Evans saying it was a hard blow. The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram When I came in, and I was embarrassed By old men standing up to shake my hand And tell me they were "sorry for my trouble," Whispers informed strangers I was the eldest, Away at school, as my mother held my hand In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs. At ten o'clock the ambulance arrived With the corpse, stanched and bandaged by the nurses. Next morning I went up into the room. Snowdrops And candles soothed the bedside; I saw him For the first time in six weeks. Paler now, Wearing a poppy bruise on the left temple, He lay in the four foot box as in a cot. No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear. A four foot box, a foot for every year. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Rceeberger wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8J9L5rJnc > > > xponent > Having Been There Maru > rob > I started to watch it... too hard right now, but I'll get there. Thank you - it means a lot. It is so hard - I haven't just lost a sister, but to see my parents' hearts broken and my five-year-old niece, Sarah, who lost her momma. She's on her way back here today. Tomorrow after the memorial, we will have a Valentine's Day party at our house because Sarah said it would be okay to take down the Christmas decorations if we replaced them with decorations for the next holiday. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Lesley
While idly Googling to see if Lesley lived anywhere near me (A: nope, west end of the state; I'm on the east side), I came across the following, which suddenly made her much more real for me: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca-aethelmearc/message/26905 There aren't enough real people in the world. Sigh. Woozle Durham, NC ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
