tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post8678619690441922764..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Farewell old friendKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-33193676817164227592012-02-06T09:39:12.502+00:002012-02-06T09:39:12.502+00:00Thanks Ron.
This is the 2nd blogger I've know...Thanks Ron.<br /><br />This is the 2nd blogger I've known to pass away. The other was 2 years ago - a man my age. I'd only discovered his blog a few months before and he was an excellent writer.<br /><br />Unfortunately a year or so later his domain name was taken over by some stupid spam company, which just felt like salt rubbed in the woundsKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-57703911718732714582012-02-05T23:00:26.581+00:002012-02-05T23:00:26.581+00:00KIm,
I didn't know your friend Charlie but pl...KIm,<br /><br />I didn't know your friend Charlie but please accept my condolences on his loss. I could tell by your post that you cared a great deal for him. Fortunately, I haven't lost any of my blogging friends...yet. However, this past year I have lost three of my former co-workers and classmates that I was in touch with. I notice at at my age (70) I the losses are more frequent. My best to you always Kim.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-78913944960675212582012-02-05T20:07:44.441+00:002012-02-05T20:07:44.441+00:00One one level, of course we knew it was coming. Bu...One one level, of course we knew it was coming. But then it's been coming for all the time I knew him - over 6 years. It was easy to believe it would never really happen :(Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-20458897382864652152012-02-05T20:04:23.484+00:002012-02-05T20:04:23.484+00:00Oh damn it, Kim. Should have seen this one coming....Oh damn it, Kim. Should have seen this one coming.<br /><br />I was thinking about Charlie just the other day, how he got a big hug from a stranger once, just when he really needed it. <br /><br />RIP, Charlie.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-41700492352626909122012-02-04T20:19:13.816+00:002012-02-04T20:19:13.816+00:00Thanks to each of you for your thoughts and warmth...Thanks to each of you for your thoughts and warmth.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-83821659061441593112012-02-03T14:48:39.944+00:002012-02-03T14:48:39.944+00:00Condolences.Condolences.Morgen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701068239606927212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-41924102876142123822012-02-03T00:52:16.316+00:002012-02-03T00:52:16.316+00:00I read about Charlie's passing yesterday. It w...I read about Charlie's passing yesterday. It will leave a hell of a hole in the blogging world....Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13464039696645100208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-28281965251714357732012-02-02T23:39:45.354+00:002012-02-02T23:39:45.354+00:00I'm so sorry for your loss, Kim. I wish I had ...I'm so sorry for your loss, Kim. I wish I had known Charlie. Hugs.erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048369118376287016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-44634813376369441192012-02-02T21:29:18.652+00:002012-02-02T21:29:18.652+00:00Spot on Kim. I think we view him in very similar w...Spot on Kim. I think we view him in very similar ways. Lovely, wise, funny, snarky. In short a proper sort of a person. Thanks for putting this so well.Philip Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164671362164285231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-45583473440376175612012-02-02T20:39:19.357+00:002012-02-02T20:39:19.357+00:00I'm sitting at my desk at work, trying not to ...I'm sitting at my desk at work, trying not to cry. Not 2 weeks ago, Charlie sent a box of audiobooks to my senior citizens. He'd even made me laugh, referring to my small temporary broom closet size office by asking, "I know it's personal, but are you ever gonna come out of the closet?" <br /><br />How could you not love a guy who made you laugh? So what if we never met face to face. Thanks to your intro Kim, we all had a chance to visit with him soul to soul.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-30576363871728434872012-02-02T19:13:24.903+00:002012-02-02T19:13:24.903+00:00You 'knew' him probably more than most of ...You 'knew' him probably more than most of us Kim, and like others above I think it was through you that I was introduced to Charlie. He will be missed.mapstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159592046833798019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-41050496679558900272012-02-02T18:55:07.604+00:002012-02-02T18:55:07.604+00:00I hope he has found that peace too Kim...isn't...I hope he has found that peace too Kim...isn't the blog world a wonderful thing...we get to meet characters who enrich our lives from all over the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7700708091479295812012-02-02T18:54:43.531+00:002012-02-02T18:54:43.531+00:00I think people who aren't bloggers could never...I think people who aren't bloggers could never understand how close you can become to someone through a 'virtual' relationship. Some of the loveliest people I've had the pleasure to know have been through blogging and I hold them dearly in my heart. Sympathy for your loss (*)Cusphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717783581169397585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-83969153667241471872012-02-02T15:49:09.556+00:002012-02-02T15:49:09.556+00:00That's sad Kim. I always felt very aware there...That's sad Kim. I always felt very aware there's someone in many ways similar to myself I've connected with when blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-38822991347217657582012-02-02T15:37:38.430+00:002012-02-02T15:37:38.430+00:00Sorry to hear this news.
This is a wonderful memor...Sorry to hear this news.<br />This is a wonderful memorial for your friend.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-4333158086753997522012-02-02T14:42:46.962+00:002012-02-02T14:42:46.962+00:00(o)(o)debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-87988412678143050252012-02-02T12:01:41.864+00:002012-02-02T12:01:41.864+00:00For a while he was a much needed father figure, bu...For a while he was a much needed father figure, but first and foremost, my friend.<br /><br />He was a good person with a great sense of humor.<br /><br />Good bye, Charlie.happykathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929875148278516955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-91754293749900244022012-02-02T11:34:25.446+00:002012-02-02T11:34:25.446+00:00thank you for posting this, kim. like you, i never...thank you for posting this, kim. like you, i never met charlie, but he will always be my friend in arizona. he was a pal, not only to me, but my children. he will be missed. xoxoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-46890677570842098712012-02-02T11:13:17.579+00:002012-02-02T11:13:17.579+00:00Thank you for that. It was through you that I ...Thank you for that. It was through you that I 'met' Charlie and he was one of the special ones.<br />I suspect - like Old Horsetail Snake - he will always be around.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-34089921607774153462012-02-02T11:05:24.316+00:002012-02-02T11:05:24.316+00:00Please excuse the smiley face on my comment Kim. ...Please excuse the smiley face on my comment Kim. It's a bad tired day and my fingers wrote it without my brain connecting.Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-59278864380243656032012-02-02T11:04:50.617+00:002012-02-02T11:04:50.617+00:00Lovely tribute, Kim. I'm going to miss him to...Lovely tribute, Kim. I'm going to miss him too.Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-37769333173064090852012-02-02T11:03:06.112+00:002012-02-02T11:03:06.112+00:00I'm so sorry Kim. This is a beautiful post ab...I'm so sorry Kim. This is a beautiful post about your friend , I'm so sorry for your loss. Em :)Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-19606543725120798692012-02-02T10:58:08.231+00:002012-02-02T10:58:08.231+00:00So sorry. Wonderful post about him.So sorry. Wonderful post about him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7978983125821590762012-02-02T10:49:19.199+00:002012-02-02T10:49:19.199+00:00We shall all miss Charlie, even those of us in the...We shall all miss Charlie, even those of us in the blogosphere who did not know him so well as you. Thanks for a beautiful memorial here.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com