TheBanyanTree: Obits

[Mike Pingleton]

Every time I posted a poem to TBT, I could count on getting a little
note from Dee.  She wouldn't just say 'I liked your poem' - she told
me -why- she liked it, and how it made her feel.  And you can guess
how that made me feel.

Invariably, she would also ask - 'will this one be included in Mikey's
Big Book of Poems?'  She kept that possibility in front of me.  Her
Amazon review was one in a long line of meaningful kindnesses to
others - that's how Dee rolled.

I'm still processing the departure of this lovely person, as I'm sure
many others are.  I count myself as fortunate to have known her, and
to have met her.

-Mike

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Tom Smith <deserthiker2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'll bet there was always some engaging conversation going
> on in her bookstore and that Mike Pingleton's Poems From
> Turtle Island was easy to find there.  She left a review in her
> own inimitable style titled Turtles All The Way Down, on Amazon.
> "These poems have muscle, folks, and juiciness you can't help
> but chew and savor."
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> This beautiful woman, long in our midst, lived and loved with
> gusto.
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> Cheers, Dee!
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