Death Is Nothing —Henry Scott Holland Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Laugh as we always laughed at the little […]
In our years of correspondence, Rachel and I discussed pretty much every topic under the sun, and a few from the other side of the sun as well. In one exchange, we discussed epitaphs. As I was doing a great deal of conference planning work at the time, I jokingly wrote that mine would be, […]
I received this news as well. I’m devastated. Rachel has been a fixture—and a legend—in the literary world for most of my adult life, and I’m 60. More than that, she has been a dear friend for the last 15 years, and I really don’t know how to think of the world without her in […]
An unplanned project of photographer Deanna Dikeman, “Leaving and Waving Goodbye” is a collection of photos taken when leaving her parents’ home during visits over the course of 27 years. Dikeman writes: “These photographs are part of a larger body of work I call Relative Moments, which has chronicled the lives of my parents and […]
I spent more time than I realized on Friday night, watching the BBC livestream of Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state. I´ve since spent more time watching on Saturday, and doubtless will revisit it until it ends on Monday morning (UK time). The BBC provides a detailed explanation of the protocols: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62878294 There are eight military guards […]
