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As are all who knew him here. He was such a fine presence, & a delight to talk with. How sad to know that voice is gone. Doug On 22-Oct-07, at 12:42 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote: > Árni Ibsen my husband died on the 21st of August. Towards the end he > was > completely paralyzed and had no strength at all. Mind you he wrote (I > wrote > them down) poems. The last two the day before he died. He had a book of > poems published in June. Poems about his travels and places where he > had > been His mind was always 100% OK. > > > On this list we have loved Arni. He was our great friend from Iceland. > I am just so very sorry, Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 It's the first lesson, loss. Who hasn't tried to learn it at the hands of wind or thieves? Jan Zwicky