Comments | hardybear: Dust in the Wind

hardybear

Dust in the Wind

Jul 16, 2006 08:30

Yesterday, I attended the memorial service for Eric Rofes, the gay activist and writer, at the Collingwood Recreation Center in San Francisco ( Read more... )

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mrdreamjeans July 16 2006, 16:22:16 UTC

This is simply amazing writing. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reactions. I am tearing up and I didn't even know who Eric was. Powerful, my friend .... Hugs!

hardybear July 16 2006, 16:30:21 UTC

Thank you. It is always good to have feedback from a friend who values good writing as much as I do.

Hugs,

Peter

markosf July 18 2006, 23:29:53 UTC

Yes, I was drawn in and didn't know him at all! You have found your calling. :)

fingertrouble July 16 2006, 22:14:31 UTC

I didn't know of him before he died (he's obviously very bay-area local or US-focused) but interesting what you said about the virus.

So many people assume when you say your partner has a long-term illness that it's HIV/AIDS related; ironically that should change as we see a generation of people dying from non-AIDS conditions who have survived like my partner...it's an annoying assumption though. The people I've known who've died have died from car crashes and brain tumours, not AIDS. In part due to people like this and their work preventing the disease, I think.