Comments | astro_not1: A Mixed Weekend

astro_not1

A Mixed Weekend

Jan 09, 2011 13:48

Kathy and I have been spending the weekend in Atlanta at GAFilk, seeing old friends and treasured acquaintances like Dave Clement, Cat Faber, Amy McNally, and Kathleen Sloan. The music has been wonderful, as usual, though the hotel is cold in odd places (Atlanta is NOT supposed to be this cold, even in January) and there is a threat of an ice ( Read more... )

fannish, filk, friends

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trektone January 9 2011, 19:57:51 UTC

Thanks for the Ann Cecil update (probably Randy Hoffman aka mrgoodwraith).

egoldberg January 9 2011, 23:08:28 UTC

That is really sad to hear.

When I spoke with Ann a few weeks ago, her voice sounded really bad, but from the optimism and positive energy that she radiated I had just assumed it was my own reading too much into her vocal nuances.

Personally I can say that virtually everything I've done in filk publishing that was of meaning to me is a direct or indirect outcome of Ann having made it possible.

astro_not1 January 10 2011, 05:24:49 UTC

One of my best memories was driving up to Winnipeg to the Worldcon with Lee Billings and her ex husband Tom, and encountering Ann, you, and a half dozen or so other fen in the van with a bumper sticker that said "Caution: Weird Load" on the back. As I recall we stopped for lunch at Grand Forks and had a grand time.

Writing this, I'm back at the GAFilk hotel, at the dead dog, because my flight got canceled and we had to stay over an extra night. Makes me wish I had Cosmo's lyrics to the song he wrote at Musicon 5, when the Dead Dog Party became the Sled Dog Party due to the snow.

egoldberg January 30 2011, 01:33:42 UTC

Belatedly, thanks so much for reminding me of that story - I had totally forgotten!

Ann Cecil update giza January 11 2011, 13:38:43 UTC

I regret to inform you that she passed away earlier this morning. The information came to me from fellow DI James Walton, her #2 at Confluence.

Also, I found an older picture of her in my archives: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmuth/1067111805/ Feel free to copy/cut/crop or do whatever else you want with that picture as you see fit.

-- Giza, D.I.

Re: Ann Cecil update astro_not1 January 12 2011, 04:14:10 UTC

I'm saddened to hear that news. Thank you for the link to the photo. I really don't know what more to say at the moment.