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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