Tentative date for camp memorial service: April 29-30, to be confirmed on Monday. Memorial lily bed looks like a go, along with the disc golf course. Caught the cardinal visiting the bird feeder :)

garden inventory and pictures: lilies, irises, candytufts, sedums, scilla, azaleas, wisteria, Japanese maples, baptisia, jasmine, clematis, fruit trees, picking a tree ‘for Dan’, hostas, willows, cypresses, angel trumpets, carnations, crystal heart, bird feeders

no autopsy after all … memorial plans, new books to read, food, baseball caps, clothes, discs, Dan’s paperbacks

collection of poems, prayers, etc which have been given or sent to us in memory of Dan

pet behavior and making arrangements … memorial donation info, preliminary memorial service plans

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today’s brief N&O obit

Y’all start dusting off your favorite ‘Dan stories’, ok? (most people I’ve said that to in person laugh and say, where do I start? and how many days do we have to tell them all? :-D )
Feel free to post your anecdotes here if you like, or email them to me, or save them […]

more ramblings, from the past 36 hours … on Jane, Dan’s ring, making a quilt, the funeral home, Charlotte’s urn, visitors, EHCF donation and disc golf arrangements in progress, the Big Dipper, Michelle, our pets, the autopsy, pictures of Dan, and the comforts of soup …

Danny died at 10:10 tonight after taking a few last short breaths. Karen was with him, holding his hand and talking with him. He was very peaceful the last few hours and we all knew that the end was near.
We have placed calls to family and friends and are awaiting the […]