Our hostess is fine, although bekittened (enkittened? surrounded by and engulfed in kittens): I have begged the blog today for a project we are working on.
We’re putting together a memorial. I’m collecting the names of our departed Huns and Hoydens. Would you please post anyone you know of we have lost in the last three years in the comments of this post? I already have some, but I’m sure I’m missing others. I will be also posting this in the Diners: there is no need to add names to more than one post.
Thank you very much,
Holly
According To Hoyt 
No one ever knows when The Good Lord is going to isekai any of us to our next assignment.
I pray He forgives me my transgressions; otherwise, I’m likely to end up a legless lizard in a digital world.
Humor:
Joe Biden tried pole dancing recently, but nobody wanted to watch an old man slowly whirling around on the floor.
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wearing a sparkly Depends…….
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A society of Amphiteres or Wyrms living in a ‘Digiverse’ might actually serve as interesting characters in a series. It feels like an interesting cross between fantasy and sci-fi.
Not what you meant, I know, but still.
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c4c
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Gone West: CACS, Confutus
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The only one I know for sure is RES’s spouse, CAS, I think.
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Confutus is one whose comments and handle I remember. Geoff Withnell (if I’ve got the name right) is another.
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Confutus is gone? I had no idea (or..)
And just recently I was loking through older comments and musing on CACS…. it took me too long to realize why I’d not seen anything of CACS of late.
Just this once, I might speak for many here:
“I know too many dead people.”
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The flame of the inn is dim tonight,
Too many vacant chairs.
The sun has lost too much of its light,
Too many songs have taken flight,
Too many ghosts on the stairs.
Charon, here’s to you as man against man,
I wish I could pick ’em the way you can!
Grantland Rice
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When did we lose Kittydragon?
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Pretty sure Lin Wicklund was in the past 3 years or so.
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The main reason I think it could’ve been longer is I knew her on Facebook, too, which I think I left late 2020?
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Well, it was more than a year ago, because she got a neat little tribute in Bowl of Red. But I think it was after 2020, which was when I left Facebroke, too.
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I looked up Lin’s FB page, and it appears that she left us somewhere between October 28, 2020 and November 15, 2020. 😥
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I’m still here. Have lost 3 non-hun friends in past few years. Struggling to pin down the dates.
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And if you stretch it to four, I’d have to add another loss.
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Three family. All murdered.
Is “Ol’Remus” of The Woodpile Report sufficiently adjacent? 2020.
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Well… I lost my wife and companion of 33 years to cancer, in March of this year. But she was only an occasional reader here, and never posted. She was a lifelong Heinlein fan though. She always said that it was likely her reading Heinlein from an early age that had made her into a conservative/libertarian.
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Nomination time:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22659081-december-2023—-a-story-with-an-inheritance
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JoAnna Bergstresser left this mortal coil in 2021. She was semi active in the Facebook group.
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c4c
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I messed this up. Let’s try again.
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I suppose I should mention that I’m not dead yet.
I have been checking the blog lately, though, and I notice I haven’t seen either RES or LadyEleanorCeltic around in a while. Anyone know if they’re alright?
Also, how’s ShadowDancer doing? Last I heard she was having unspecified medical issues, but that was several moons ago.
Finally, I haven’t seen any posts from d recently, but am I correct in assuming that dep729 is the same person?
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I’ve heard RES was having issues with WP(DE…) Lady Eleanor Celtic I know is around, but no idea with WP(DE) is an issue or just not must to say or on a bit of a hiatus.
And, yes, SD has some potentially serious medical stuff going on, that I will not go on about. It is…. ongoing, is all I care to/dare to say.
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RES was having a combination of WP problems, eye problems, and computer problems. And a large dose of Life Happening™. He’s around, just not as active as he used to be.
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Eye problems have abated thanks to getting A1C back to proper levels, computer problems somewhat abated thanks to gift from generous benefactor whose identity will be withheld in order to reduce visitations of angry mobs, but Life Happening has promoted Beloved Spouse to higher realms, succumbing to abdominal cancer on its second visitation (NED my broad and hairy a**) and two @#!$% months in Hospice.
Dealing with house cleaning and physical & emotional exhaustion of nearly fifty years together trying to sort out who was the straight man.
And yes, WP(DE) was refusing to accept my commentary until finally, this evening, I logged out and back in again (always the last resort of the desperate) so I belatedly note the passing of Christopher Anne Crawford Samson, who took with her my heart, my reason for living and the location of our griddle.
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Rgrds,
RES
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Congrats on getting the A1C under better control.
Condolences on losing your heart of nearly 50 years. Knowing it is coming doesn’t help. I am so sorry.
My mom tried going to grief counciling and different grief groups. YMMV she says she didn’t find it a whole lot helpful. She too dealt with long term ilness and hospice with dad (so did us kids, and the grandkids, but not every minute). It has been almost 15 years now. She misses him every day. (So do we. Not the same.)
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Thanks. Double vision was scary as my eyes are my favorite organ (although I’m very fond of them all.)
Grief counselling is not something I’m inclined toward. I’ve lost both parents, a father-in-law and a spouse in the last decade and seem to be griefed out. Plodding along, living with mild depression – which has been my default for decades. Appreciate expressions of sympathy.
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Rgrds,
RES
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:hugs RES:
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While I generally shrink from hugs (one of Beloved Spouse’s functions in our life was running interference by explaining I was a bit of a feral cat with high personal space requirements) I can appreciate and accept virtual hugs.
Thank you.
~
Rgrds,
RES
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You presume correctly. Thank you. At least I know I’d be missed.
When WP was being a PIA finally broke down and created an account. WP wouldn’t allow a single letter username (really rude). OTOH replaced the monster avatar. Meet Pepper.
Based on nephew’s schedule, guessing LadyEleanorCeltic is neck deep (or perceived deeper) in college classes, study, papers, and midterms. Should see her stick her head out, briefly, Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
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> “You presume correctly.”
I figured. You’re the only person here who talks about having former careers in both forestry and programming.
> “At least I know I’d be missed.”
More than me, anyway. No one ever seems to notice when I vanish.
I should’ve been a ninja. :P
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Heck I’m surprised anyone pays attention to anything I’ve said, let alone remembers.
I am shocked anyone noticed “d” disappeared, and someone other than Sarah new the handle changed (and I told her).
I’d like to think I’d remember if people, including you, WizardGuy, dropped out of the blog, but I’m not that good with names. I try. I’m just not.
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I followed the change. Not sure if I enjoy your forestry stories or you programming stories more. I just didn’t know why the change. Now I do. ;-)
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Happy to entertain.
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> “Heck I’m surprised anyone pays attention to anything I’ve said, let alone remembers.”
Forestry + programming is a fairly unusual combination, and you discuss both quite often.
> “I’d like to think I’d remember if people, including you, WizardGuy, dropped out of the blog, but I’m not that good with names.”
Don’t worry about it. Like I said, no one else here seems to notice when I’m gone either, so it’s not like you’re behind the curve. :)
Besides, I’m not looking to cause anyone here worry, so it might be for the best.
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Hi! Sorry. I’m alive, it’s pretty much the same problem as last fall. Namely, college. Homework, classes, more homework, more classes, some time to myself (spent watching YouTube and decompressing)… oh, look, more homework.
I’ve been kind-of keeping pace in the Huns Discord, but the actual blog keeps falling out of my schedule.
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Also, lost a family friend and a grandfather this year, and great-grandfather last year (I think?). But neither of them really knew about this blog, so even a quick prayer for their souls would be appreciated on its own.
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Damn. I don’t pray or believe in detachable souls, but hopefully my condolences will do instead.
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Thank you.
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My condolences, prayers up.
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Old eyes. I at first saw two commas in that second sentence – and was about to ask why you’re sorry to be alive…
(I do remember the grind – some days you feel that you do need to apologize to yourself for starting it.)
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> “Namely, college. ”
That’s what I’d figured/hoped it was.
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What about For Us, The living?
(grin)
Apologies. I have been experiencing greatly lately the unpleasant side of a longish life. Sooner or later you bury everyone you know.
Then again, the alternative is to be their unpleasant news….
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I have to pull mom out of light depression every once in a while. Even as the oldest, odds are she’ll out live all her siblings, and dad’s siblings, leaving her an “orphan” (her word, not mine).
Keep telling her that with 3 children, our spouses, 8 grandchildren, their 4 spouses, 6 great-grandchildren, and counting. I’ve lost track of the number of great-great-nieces and nephews (implying there are also nieces/nephews, great-nieces/nephews) she’ll still be far from an orphan. Doesn’t work that way.
This doesn’t count all the activities she does. I get tired just looking at her calendar. She can’t die. I don’t want to have to work that hard to cancel all her activities.
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Mom -way- outlived expectations. She had an odd inoperable lung cancer that usually takes about 2-3 years to be fatal. At one point, she demanded the doc predict how long. He had no idea. She had already outlived all his other patients with it, and also the literature. She hung on about 9 years total. Tough woman.
She finally got tired of fighting it and quit. Passed then, rather rapidly. Held on long enough for me to arrive and for some goodbyes with family.
Tough woman.
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I wasn’t going to post this originally, since I had taken Holly’s intent to be regular posters and / or lurkers here at ATH who had passed on.
My mom passed in February 2022, shortly before the release of ‘Texas at the Coronation’, which I dedicated to her.
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> “since I had taken Holly’s intent to be regular posters and / or lurkers here at ATH who had passed on.”
Perhaps we could have an “honorable mentions” category or something for the friends/relatives of those who came here?
I suppose that’s up to Holly, though.
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I’m still alive, but life has been tough for the past few years. Like many here, I’ve lost a lot of friends and family. We lost Mom just last September. I pretty much stopped even following most stuff this year, but hope to slowly get back.
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Does it count that my wife, who read this blog regularly, passed unexpectedly two weeks ago? Not sure what handle she used. Cheryl O’Brien.
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