I've been trying to spend more time sharing stuff with you folks, even though Roger thinks I should spend the time producing upcoming CDs. So with sadness, I'll share on a personal level. Mary Ann's mom (yes, the Mary Ann thanked in our booklets) died peacefully in her sleep last night. She was a kind and beautiful lady all the way through this final gesture to join with her husband, who died a few years earlier. These two kind people (Amelia and Victor) brought Mary Ann into the world, who later joined with me. And still later, Mary Ann and I brought Regina and Veronika into this same world. The circle of life does exist.
Mary Ann is flying out immediately and I and our two daughters will drive out there over the holidays. "There" is a very tiny farming town in Southwestern Colorado, nestled quietly alongside the Navajo Indian reservation. How small? If you want to go to the post office, you just drive up in front and park. Maybe two spaces, no meters. That small. Anyway, as I prepare for this emotional trip, hoping to lend support over these next few days to Mary Ann as she handles her loss... I remind myself of our vulnerability. That's it. Nothing profound, really. Just that I'm thinking we're here for awhile, we try to sort out our left feet from our right feet, we hope maybe to get some things done and sometimes we do get things done... and then we say goodbye. --Doug
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