Last weekend, shortly after having returned home to Michigan from New Mexico, where she’d moved some six months earlier, Ypsilanti artist Kim Demick passed away. While I considered Kim a friend, the truth is I didn’t know her terribly well. I think we first met at the Shadow Art Fair about 10 years ago now, […]
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Remembering Kim Demick
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, Blake Reetz, cancer, Dan Hussong, dancing, David Ketchens, Donald Harrison, EAT, eulogy, Everyone Loves Raymond, fabric art, fashion, food, generosity, hair, Helen Harding, Jean Henry, Jefferson Market, Kim Demick, Margot Finn, Marti Gulkeisen, New Mexico, resiliency, Shadow Art Fair, Sleater-Kinney 16 Comments
Goodbye Captain Beefheart
There are rumors flying around the internet today that two influential musical giants have died – Justin Bieber and Captain Beefheart. Sadly, one is real. My heart goes out this morning to the entire Beefheart family. Here, in tribute, is Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain” from his book, Leaves of Grass, published in 1900. […]