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"Heath"

Unfortunately the dbis en masse lost Heathcliffe to one o the cancers of our present ideo-illogical construct. A latter-day member who brought the goods to dbis. You know he did.

If you knew him some you'd know he lived an extraordinary life. A scholar, an athlete, a verile poet romantic, a capable old-school-man-among-men, a lover of nature & the evolution of human nature. A husband & father, friend & neighbor.

His precious precocious sacred feminine muse, yoni goddess, & beloved of those so many decades & he parented an all-eclectic plenty o children/grandchildren. At least one o which you might have enjoyed at able-bodied guitbox on most any arena stage circa the '90s & early turn o the century ska-swing revival. Others in education, medical & research sciences, philosophy, arts, academia, legislation, craftsmanship, shamanistic rattlesnake bite survival, & thereabouts the vanguard of human content.

A Pacific Northwesterner in the present tense, with a knack for research and colorful precision wordsmithy he was hard at work on a much-supported endeavor to revolutionize prepuberty schooling; root students in a common sense 21st Century.

Last we spoke the medication had slowed him. A big man, usually fit, not easily thwarted. Kept by hearth & home.

He was a stand up guy, a mentor & hero o mine. A man among men in the truest sense. I turned him on to David Baerwald's music & words because I admire both men to the highest degree. Then introduced him to the dbis because I thought he could manage this oubliette-encased Yin|Yang madhatted forum/fix where I certainly could not. Just wanted to see what he'd make of it all. & he was a fine contributor -- each & every entry in earnest & worth a read or two ..or three.

Heathcliffe was the living Ralph Waldo Emerson to my paisley Tom Robbins. To live past 90 has to be a feat for any human. To press on in legit fashion for a time after losing one's beloved is a feat beyond mine own capabilities. But then he was a man among men. A romantic as well. This you can believe! A patriarch. A poppa. & a lovable ol' cat who's been around.

Reg. Thanks for trading eights! I think you above all -- & Mick at organic comic relief -- sustained the dbis jam for the man. A lot o this stuff is above my pay grade or well ..uh ..moot, in pop-perennial perpetuity AS futures of 20/20 hindsight appears to show (tick-tock) decade after decade as we go backswimming along. Finding rare handhold, one step forward & two steps back or falling down 9 times and getting up 10 depending on your perspective. Knowing deep in the heart o somewhere we probably let db down.

Aw well, look to the stars

Godspeed you to grace, "Heathcliffe".

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