RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-14 Thread Jeroen van Baardwijk
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 -

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-14 Thread Nick Arnett
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 ou

RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-14 Thread Pat Mathews
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

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-14 Thread Nick Arnett
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 s

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-13 Thread Rceeberger
On 1/12/2010 4:13:29 PM, Nick Arnett (nick.arn...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM, David Brin mailto:db...@sbcglobal.net]> wrote: > Nick, if it consoles at all, I wish I grew up in a family as clearly tight > and loving as yours must have been. Stay strong and thrive-all. > >

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-12 Thread Nick Arnett
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM, David Brin wrote: > Nick, if it consoles at all, I wish I grew up in a family as clearly tight > and loving as yours must have been. Stay strong and thrive-all. > We weren't always... and although there have been some rocky moments in the last week, we are growi

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-12 Thread David Brin
Nick, if it consoles at all, I wish I grew up in a family as clearly tight and loving as yours must have been. Stay strong and thrive-all. david brin___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

2010-01-12 Thread Nick Arnett
I'm at my parent's house in North Carolina and we are preparing for Lesley's memorial on Friday. I just went with Mom down to their basement, where Lesley kept books and found her copy of Kiln People, where David wrote this: "For Lesley, explorer, adventurer, hurricane survivor! If only we had d