[stylist] Back to Writing? Obituaries?

[EvaMarie Sanchez]

Me too. With my getting ready to move and my publication deadlines of the
week, it may not happen right away, but I am hoping. I cannot hold it in my
head, my fingers are twitching.
Eve

 President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
Editor, Tapestry, a TAWN publication
"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Jackie,
>
> I'm working on something too on this thread, smile. Hope to share soon.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jackie
> Williams via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:25 PM
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> Cc: Jackie Williams <jackieleepoet at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Back to Writing? Obituaries?
>
> Chris,
> Your thoughts are beautiful to me, and very much akin to what I want.
> I am thinking of a book I read in the past by Mary Roach, I think. I
> believe
> it followed her best seller named, "Stiff." It explored the movement toward
> true "planting" of the remains of one who desires this.
> I found your wish to have your ashes to be put in a hole for a maple tree
> to
> be planted, as an absolutely inspiring desire for the ongoingness of your
> "self."
> I have also read "the Seven Habits..." and perhaps that is when I started
> writing obituaries, in a more serious way. It seems to give a direction to
> one's life that might be missing otherwise.
> And check with your wife. What a way to go!
> Thank you for taking up the prompt.
> I will include another once I see what the response is.
>  Jackie Lee
>
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
> via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 6:23 AM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
> Cc: Chris Kuell
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Back to Writing? Obituaries?
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> I enjoyed your poems, and your fake obituary very much. My wish, after the
> final day comes, is also for my family to walk deep into the woods of
> Vermont, where people and industrialization isn't likely to happen for more
> than another century or two, dig a big hole and put my ashes in it, along
> with a small maple tree, so I can become a part of that tree as it grows.
>
> I've never written my own obit, although I'm currently re-reading 'The
> Seven
> Habits of Highly Effective People', and one of the first exercises is to
> write your own obituary--the one you want people to read--to help you focus
> on what is really important in your life.
>
> Mine would be simple. I want the cause of death to be that I was hit by a
> bus (quick--no drawn out illness for me) or died when his parachute didn't
> open while sky diving (exciting), or had a heart attack during
> sex--although
> that might be horribly traumatic for my poor wife.He was a good husband, a
> good father, a loving son and sibling, a published writer (technically,
> it's
> true) and someone who always helped those around him.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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