Cookielove
My internet friends come together to honor the memory of my Mom who passed away unexpectedly on August 28, 2011. They declared Sept 4 to be a day to bake cookies and share with strangers, just like Mom did. See http://bit.ly/cookielove
I was on my way crossing Canada as part of my Odyssey when the call came in Belleville, Ontario during a dinner with friends Andy and Kent...
- Andy was a huge amount of support as I stayed at his house; drank whiskey and did a ds106 radio broadcast before I set out the next day to drive to Baltimore.
Cookielady’s Last Batch - CogDogBlogcc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog One day after talking to my Mom on the day marking 10 years since my Dad passed away, I got that call you never want to receive. A friend found Mom dead on her kitchen floor.- #ds106radio 4 life! They played live music, songs, and stuff for me as I drove 530 miles to get from Ontario to Baltimore.
Dreams, Cookies, and Epic Radio - CogDogBlogcc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog With the hundreds of tweets, emails, and thoughts I feel in the air regarding my Mom's passing, I am more that "lifted" by my net. As Mom would say, "I am blown away".- Martha Burtis (@mburtis) launched the idea for #Cookielove day via a google doc
- On my travels I had been sending her a series of "Cousin Bobby" style postcards from every state and province I visited. On the day I got the call I had just bought on from Ontario, so I delivered the last postcard at her funeral.
Mom’s Last Postcard - CogDogBlogWe carried the box out of the car and set it gently on those straps, suspended over the hole. I shall never ever forget that lonely creaky sounds those straps make when released, when Mom went into the ground.
