About three months after Marilyn’s garden hosted her wedding to Douglas with flowers, friends, and food, it hosted a celebration of life with leaves tinged in gold. The friends and food, they were there again, too. Kassandra, who had felt so uncomfortable at the wedding, was unaccountably at ease at the celebration of Marilyn’s life. … Continue reading Pine Street Episode 75 Reboot
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Pine Street Episode 74 Reboot
Marilyn’s cancer had sped through her body. The night of her wedding, it attacked her lungs. Soon its metastasizing cells had colonized her liver, and were planting their ugly flag of territorial possession in her brain. Douglas wept when he wasn’t with her. His love for Marilyn, always a warm glow in his heart, turned … Continue reading Pine Street Episode 74 Reboot
Pine Street Episode 240: Rebirth
Grief and joy both leave their marks. Kassandra ponders a new art project in their honor.
Death, Heaven, God, and Sci-Fi
In the last couple of weeks I've experienced two descriptions of powerful mystical visions of death, heaven, and God: one from the Catholic church, and one from Robert Heinlein. I attended a funeral mass at a church run by Carmelite brothers, the same week I finished reading Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice. While they … Continue reading Death, Heaven, God, and Sci-Fi
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