Posts in the “R.I.P.” category
My Great Aunt
by angeliska on April 12, 2006
Jessie Polacheck Sheridan September 14, 1923 – November 4, 2005 This weekend I traveled to Chicago with my Grandfather for my Great-Aunt Jessie’s memorial service, which was, without question, the most incredible memorial I have ever witnessed. I have found (…)
Lower Ninth Aftermath
by angeliska on March 11, 2006
Before we left New Orleans we made a terrible sort of pilgrimage, to the pitiful remains of what was once a neighborhood, home after home destroyed completely, lost irrevocably. My friend Myrtle told me not to go, but I knew (…)
In Memoriam
by angeliska on January 25, 2006
Pandora Aurora Rose (Katherine Jeanine Hastings) July 22nd 1975 – January 25th 2005 It’s hard to believe it’s been a full year since the day you died. I’m back in the town where it happened, and everything has changed but (…)
R.I.P. Frankie Lee Junior
by angeliska on May 27, 2005
My dearest and oldest friend died on Wednesday, and I have never known such devastation. I have never known such devotion, such a pure and unconditional love from another living creature – and I doubt that I ever will again. (…)
Gustav + Mama – August 8th
by angeliska on August 9, 2004
A storm is brewing- and thankfully, for the air has been pressing down like an anvil all day- gray and heavy, an oppressive heat and smells of pork fat and burnt molasses. You walk around feeling like you’ve donned a (…)
