eBeth - I can't even pronounce most of that, and I'm ashamed to say the closest thing I have in the kitchen is canned asparagus. (shameful)
I do know he was very proud of that accomplishment. He metioned it when we called him in the hospital. Also mentioned plans for a new project he said he was looking forward to getting up and running... Maybe this summer, after he had recovered.
Thank you for keeping in touch. I'm glad Bear and I could call him. I'm glad I had a chance to let him know we love him. And, he said he knew that. He knew we all cared very much for him, and that meant a lot.
Damn...
As a newcomer to these parts I didn't get the chance to get to know Mr. Cav.
I just spent a good while reading some of his old posts. This is indeed a very great loss. My heart goes out to all of you.
At the bottom of the first virtual pub thread , I found this:
"If ya'll look, it's all on the table."
This made me smile through tears.
He was a vital part of my Spontaneous Poems thread. He began a bit awkwardly, but became an accomplished poet, outgrowing that thread and stepping forth in his own right. One of the best compliments I know of for him: he was a poet.
I can't even begin to comprehend the magnitude of this tragic, untimely loss to his family and close friends.
<cav, setanta and BoGoWo>
3 great guys at the end of a tremendous evening about a year and a half ago
that's my memory
An old thread of cav's just popped up in "new posts." The first page has a post by himself that is hits home right now. So, lacking words of my own, here are his (and Warren Zevon's)...
cavfancier wrote:This one from the last Warren Zevon album gets me going every time. The man knew he was dying of cancer, and his last wish was to just record one more album. This track speaks for itself:
KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART FOR A WHILE
Warren Zevon
Shadows are falling
and I'm runnin' out of breath
keep me in your heart for awhile
If I leave you
it doesn't mean I love you any less
keep me in your heart for a while
When you get up in the morning
and you see that crazy sun
keep me in your heart for a while
There's a train leaving nightly
called when all is said and done
keep me in your heart for a while
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lo
Keep me in your heart for a while
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lo
Keep me in your heart for a while
Sometimes when you're doing
simple things around the house
maybe you'll think of me and smile
You know I'm tied to you
like the buttons on your blouse
keep me in your heart for a while
Hold me in your thoughts
take me to your dreams
touch me as I fall into view
and when the winter comes
keep the fires lit
and I'll be right next to you
Engine driver's headed north
to Pleasant Street
keep me in your heart for awhile
these wheels keep turning
but they're running out of steam
keep me in your heart for awhile
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lo
Keep me in your heart for awhile
Keep me in your heart for awhile...
I knew some of his personal thoughts more than some of my own friends; he spoke his life creatively in his writings. So very versatile and talented: writer, poet, chef, a comedienne and friend to laugh withÂ…he definitely touched my life. It was a pleasure to have known Cav and I will truly miss him.
Thanks for starting this, littlek. Was my first thought, too.
Another way to remember him laughing -- his last post. (One of those things I write but don't believe.)
cavfancier wrote:Nice one Tryagain.
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1145180
This is one of my favorite poems that he wrote and also one of his last.
Cav Wrote:
Quote:
HOARFROST
Fresh falling snow,
each flake unique.
Those lucky
to cling to branches
join the elite order
of hoarfrost,
laughing at their brethren
below, trampled, shoveled,
driven over,
broken down,
salted
(what are we, caviar?)
until each individual
is crushed
into an unreconizable
brown slush.
An unexpected warm day
proves the equalizer.
Oh, thanks for that, colorbook. I think I'll print that and take it with me to the funeral.
Given the snow that's been falling, it's right.
Does the Prince know yet?
How did setanta take the news?
. . . just sitting in quietly.
I am so glad you can go to the funeral, ehBeth.
My heartfelt symphaty goes out to his family and
all the people whose life he touched.
He was a very special person.
I don't know what to say, it is such a tragedy.
