I will miss you.
In today's New York Times obit, Meryl Streep is quoted as calling you "stalwart." Stalwart is something I've never been.
You weren't a whiner.
I am.
I don't like that about myself, but obviously not enough to make great inroads into changing. Husbot bears the brunt of it. But this is not a whiny post. This is about how you affected--and still affect--my life.
A deeply processed tribute to Nora Ephron. I admire it.
Thank you, Richard. I’m glad that your reblog led me to your blog!
Love it! Thanks for posting, Richard! Here’s my favorite line: “Being true to my need to document the ordinary has a temporary effect of whine-quelling.” Write on, Betsy!
Thanks for reposting this, Richard, and thus leading me to Betsy’s terrific writing, not to mention the possibility of learning where I can get my own pair of Superhero Underpants.
By the way, when I clicked “like” on Betsy’s tribute (only because I couldn’t think of anything wise or witty enough to add to the other comments), the annotated version of your Gravatar profile showed up and gave me a shock. Just at the “. . . ” point, it suggested the topic of your memoir is opera. I’m still grinning at the thought.
Opera is the one presentation format I haven’t yet tried! Gives me an idea . . .