Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do
This morning we wake up to a world without David Bowie. It seems impossible that he's gone. If...
DeathsA collection of 7 posts
Elsie Marie Rigby Partridge (1917-2012)
My grandmother, Elsie Marie Rigby Partridge, passed away early Sunday morning. She was 95 years old, going on 96. She...
RIP Mark Bourne (1961-2012)
UPDATE: Mark's funeral service will be Thursday, March 1, in Seattle. (Details here.) A less formal celebration of...
Michael Brecker memorial mix
Five years ago today, Michael Brecker—one of my favorite saxophone players, and a pioneer on the instrument in many ways—passed away of complications from leukemia. He had suffered from the rare blood disorder myelodysplastic...
Swan song
I can't believe it's been two years already. My friend Scott Swanson passed away on January...
RIP Mark W. Worthen (1962-2011)
My friend Mark Worthen (❦nitewanderer) passed away unexpectedly yesterday. He was a horror, crime, and science fiction writer who worked...