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Sorry to hear this. H As always, serving the tristate area. Halvard Johnson ================ Hal & Lynda's website right --> *here <https://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home>* <-- [log in to unmask] <http://www.amazon.com/Remains-To-Be-Seen-Works/dp/1933132787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367618323&sr=8-1&keywords=Halvard+Johnson> Winter Journey <https://www.createspace.com/5376388> <-- Newest!!! Trapeze <http://issuu.com/swirlmag/docs/halvard_johnson> <--- Newer!! Junkyard Dog <http://gradientbooks.blogspot.fi/2015/01/halvard-johnson-junkyard-dog.html> <--- New! Remains To Be Seen <http://www.amazon.com/Remains-Be-Seen-Works-Old-ebook/dp/B00MP73IIC/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=> <--- Less new, but now with added protein On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Very sad news, Bill. > > RIP Max. > > A real loss to all of us who knew him (here or elsewhere). > > Doug > > On Sep 23, 2016, at 5:37 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > This from Marilyn, on Facebook, all. > > > > The unthinkable happened on Wednesday morning, September 21st in Belmont > > Ave, Nth Capitol Hill. My beloved husband Max Richards was hit by a car, > > whilst he was out walking our sweet labrador, Pink. Max sustained massive > > head injuries, and died later that evening at Harborview Emergency and > > Trauma unit. > > > > In the space of a second, I lost my whole world. And the world lost a > > special human being. > > > > Here is Max at a playwriting class at the Freehold Theatre just one week > > prior to his final day on this earth. (photo here) And poor bereft Pink, > > who according to the policeman who brought her home, resisted efforts to > > separate her from her master, as he lay dying in the middle of the road, > > surrounded by a ring of cars that served to keep him and the kind > > first-responders safe within a barrier of love and care. I draw much > > comfort from the image of this reported circle of love. > > > > I am sure that the serenity of his face as he passed was linked to these > > final vital experiences: a stunning Fall morning; a devoted family > Labrador > > sharing fully in all his pleasures, and pains; and a circle of communion, > > holding his hand throughout the ordeal. > > > > But how is it that he's not lying beside me on our bed tonight? The dogs > > and I can't fathom it. > > > > R.I.P. dearest beloved. > > Thank you for all your generous forbearance; for two decades of purest > joy. > > > > > > > > This is all I know. Max, a giant friend, gone. > > > > Bill > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > Four or five couplets trying to dance > into Persia. Who dances in Persia now? > > A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red. > A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees. > > Phyllis Webb >