September Mourning

And here is, finally, a much-needed (much-demanded it would appear) update here - as we continue to wish death to Death!

Rumors of my own demise were greatly, GREATLY exaggerated - quite obviously!
My time has not come...
As always, their time came for a myriad others though - and this is their stories...

And whether they are teens or old-timers, the Grim Reaper truly doesn't seem to care.

From ages 16 to 98, this September of 2008 as in most other months on any given year, *anyone* is "fair game" for the reaper - and anyone can undertake the greatest journey, at any time, in whatever circumstance it is...
No matter what age the journeyer to the other side is, the shock is always as great to the loved ones, close ones, near-and-dear ones...

Some things truly never do change -
and neither will the lugubrious blog!
As long as it endures - and its author endures...!





Gruesome head-on crash
Death toll rises after a packed commuter train collides with a freight train.» Footage

'It's the worst feeling in the world'
Dramatic photos of the wreckage

US: 7 soldiers die in chopper crash in Iraq (AP)
16 dead in attack at US Embassy in Yemen (AP)

Bodies of fallen soldiers return home
Canadian Press

» More News

Actor Paul Newman dies
Oscar winner, philanthropist passes at 83.
» His life, legacy



And to all the others, notables or 'unknowables' who have undertaken the greatest journey thispast month of September - from Anita Page and Jack Falla to Richard Wright and the nameless victims of shootings in Finland and Canada as well as blasts in India and elsewhere across the globe... REST IN PEACE.
Or rather - put in a good word for thy loved ones, on the Other Side...!
Thy loved ones are the ones in need of peace, solace, comfort, understanding, kindness, recomforting in this trying time...

My thoughts go especially toward the great Joanne Woodward at this time.

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