Tag Archives: meditations on death

Do all of us older folks need to die before things get better?

By Mark | February 28, 2018

A few days ago, in response to a post that I’d written about the young leaders emerging from the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, there was an interesting exchange between two of our favorite commenters, Jean [the first comment above] and Lynn [the second comment above], about, among other things, the idea that sometimes, for true […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged aging, aging population, assault weapons, Barack Obama, Climate Change, DAY, Defend Affordable Ypsi, fear of death, Grace Lao, gun control, international youth movements, Jean Henry, life and death, Linette, Lynn, Martin Luther King, Moms Demand Action, moral arc, on facing death, Parkland, Theodore Parker | 248 Comments

On the passing of Davy Jones, what Mike Nesmith meant by invoking Eleanor Rigby, and whether or not Bowie will take his name back

By Mark | March 1, 2012

I don’t have as much time tonight to comment on the death of Davy Jones as I would like, but I did want to pass along this statement, which was issued today by his former Monkees bandmate Michael Nesmith. Here’s what “the quiet Monkee” had to say. All the lovely people. Where do they all […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged Air Supply, another famous person has died, Beatlemania, Brady Bunch, Christian Nesmith, David Bowie, Davy Jones, Death, Eleanor Rigby, Frank Zappa, Head, Jerry Mathers, Leave It to Beaver, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Repo Man, The Beatles | 18 Comments

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