The disadvantage to leaving the place of your birth is that the distance removes you from the currency of information that you took for granted before you left. And things can happen pretty rapidly, so one day you wake up … Continue reading
Sunset is an angel weeping And night slowly draws her veil over the world As I am drawn into the darkening forest Among Tall trees reaching into glimmering twilight Gently stroking the sky in silent supplication and longing Still Rooted … Continue reading
April 18, 1948 – April 1, 2016 Born in Buffalo, New York Resided in East Amherst, NY KENDALL – PETER M. April 1, 2016 at age 67, after a long battle with cancer. Beloved husband and best friend of Teri … Continue reading
Bruce Charles Brucato October 30, 1953 – January 15, 2014 January 15, 2014, age 60; beloved father of John J. (Kathleen) Brucato and Ariel Brucato; dearest son of Doreen (late Martin) Tarangelo and the late James Robert Brucato; dear brother … Continue reading
October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012 A man that I respected (to the extent that I knew him), as an iconoclast and free thinker with a scathing wit. He was wealthy and famous enough to safely challenge a system often … Continue reading
9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012 Jon Lord of Deep Purple has passed away at the age of 71 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Lord founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of the band’s songs, including the … Continue reading
August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012
The world is a bit dimmer today with the passing of Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011). He was a Czech writer, dramatist, and politician. He led Czechoslovakia’s 1989 “Velvet Revolution” against communism, was the last President … Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. [1] [2] “I burned the candle at both ends and it made a lovely light.” It was, indeed, a very lovely light. … Continue reading
My mother’s eldest brother, Brad Bosley, passed away suddenly this past Monday. He had been living in Atlanta with my cousin Mark for the past three years or so. Mark had been caring for his father after a series of … Continue reading