Tag Archives: Death

68 hours in Manzanita…. The Monkey Power Trio’s 24th day as a band

By Mark | November 24, 2018

The weekend of October 20 marked the 24th meeting of my one-day-a-year pseudo-band, the Monkey Power Trio. For those of you who might not be familiar with our origin story, it all began back in 1995 with a promise between old friends one hot, summer afternoon in Brooklyn. Without much in the way of any […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Monkey Power Trio, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1995, aging, alimony, ankles, appendix, bonfires, cancer, Carroll Gardens, Cheez-Its, Cleveland, contemplating the end, crumhorn, Dan Richardson, Dave Miller, divorce, drinking, fire, fleas, fog, Hasil Adkins, Hazel, ironing board, Jeff Kay, jellyfish, Jody Bleyle, laughing, Low Sack, Manzanita, Matt Krizowsky, mayonnaise, McMenamins, meteor shower, Mike Bell, napping, naps, Newton High School, nicknames, Oregon, Oregon Historical Society, Pacific Ocean, Pantless, Pantless Dan, Pear Hawthorn, Pete Holmes, Portland, pranks, recording, recreational marijuana, Reno, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, scallops, Scrabble, Señor Wences, Skull Island, The Ballad of Christian Wolfcock, The Sand Flea, timber, trumpet, wills | 12 Comments

The passing of my Mimi Dorothy

By Mark | May 17, 2018

Dorothy Maxine Lambie Avery, the last of my grandparents, passed away yesterday evening at the age of 93 in Lexington, Kentucky, not terribly far from where I was was born 50 years ago, and where she lived for most of her adult life. She was one of my favorite people in the entire world, and […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Beardstown, Bob Avery, cancer, Clementine, Dorothy Avery, family history, family photo, friends who have passed, Galesburg, grandparents, Great Depression, hospice, Illinois, John Lambie, matriarch, Mimi Dorothy, Mothers' Day, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, Robert Avery, Shane Land, Sweden, telegrams, World War II | 16 Comments

Totally Quotable Arlo: inheritance edition

By Mark | August 7, 2017

[If you’ve got a few extra minutes, check out our Totally Quotable Arlo archive.]

Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Arlo, bottles, inheritance, Totally Quotable Arlo | 2 Comments

Thinking about death, the legacy we leave behind, and David Bowie’s Blackstar

By Mark | May 15, 2016

I had the occasion to spend some time this afternoon with a friend who, in spite of serious ongoing health issues, is launching a new social venture intended to bring resources to third-world farmers. When discussing his decision to launch something incredibly ambitious at this point in his life, when his heart is only functioning […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Other, Pop Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Blackstar, Blackstarr, David Bowie, DC comics, fascism, Lazarus, life and death, social entrepreneurship, Suicide Squad | 17 Comments

Mailing out Monkey Power records with Freeda and Ollie by my side

By Mark | March 1, 2016

You would think that since we, the five members of the Monkey Power Trio, only get together one day a year to write and record music, that we’d have a lot of free time on our hands to do other band work, like sending out records and the like. The truth, however, is that, after […]