Monday Mood: Immortality is Being Remembered

A great loss for the blogging world, Catalyst aka Franklin Bruce Taylor of Oddball Observations died last week.  I must have found his blog through a comment on one of your blogs, he has been on my daily read list for several years, he most often posted on Fridays. He was a retired journalist, who had lived a long and interesting creative life.  His darling wife, She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) died in her sleep a couple of months ago, and Bruce had written of his own failing health - as his posting became less frequent. 

I never met him, yet somehow I feel that I knew him.  We knew him through his writing, his sense of humor, his wonder at the creativity of his wife and his brilliant daughter. He was modest, but occasionally his accomplishments as a journalist showed in his postings over the years. 

I wish I had met him. As bloggers, who regularly read and comment on one another's blogs, we really should meet one another. We have this very superficial connection, friends who have never met - modern day penpals in a public forum.  

Over a decade ago, a dozen or so of us gathered for dinner and conversation. I met several bloggers, a couple of whom I consider friends, a couple of whom sadly have died. Our lives are richer for having met and known one another. 

I will long remember Bruce and his work, immortality is being remembered.