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Category Archives: Obituaries
Lorraine Anne Deaton
Mother died at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15. I wrote this obituary for the newspaper with input from my sister. Here is a link to the funeral home site with details about the service. Lorraine Anne (Jabus) Deaton, 90, … Continue reading
Bernardo Bertolucci and General Motors
Bernardo Bertolucci (77) died yesterday in Rome, Italy where he had been suffering from cancer. The bigger news was General Motors’ decision to reduce workforce and eliminate six car models, including the Chevrolet Volt rechargeable gas-electric hybrid. What do they … Continue reading
Posted in Obituaries, Work Life
Tagged obituary, sustainability, worklife
We’re Going Home — Donald Kaul
We knew Donald Kaul had prostate cancer and it spread to his bones. He’d been ill for a number of years but after this diagnosis, the prognosis was not good — we expected him to die this year and he … Continue reading
Posted in Obituaries, Writing
Tagged #amwriting, Donald Kaul, obituary, We're Going Home, Writing
Remembering Donald Kaul in High Summer
Sunday was a day to hang out on memory lane. Sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and Donald Kaul. I bought sweet corn from a roadside stand and we had it for dinner with tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden, and thin … Continue reading
Posted in Home Life, Local Food, Obituaries
Tagged cooking, Garden, homelife, local food, obituary, summer, tomatoes
Friday in Spring
Fridays in Spring I soil-block for a farmer. Yesterday I made 4,944 soil blocks which were planted in winter share. Leeks, broccoli and the like. It took four hours. While driving north on Highway One I nodded off for a … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food, Obituaries, Writing
Tagged #amwriting, local food, obituary, sustainability, Writing
Joy Corning
Joy Corning was on our target list to become an advocate for U.S. Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Heady with Barack Obama’s 2008 victory, and confident Senate ratification of the New START Treaty would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Obituaries
Tagged obituary
Layered with Sadness
In our neighborhood a preteen found his father collapsed in the yard and ran for help. Despite best efforts by his partner of 30 years, emergency responders, and staff at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, he died Sunday. … Continue reading →