Wake

Angela's wake was a wonderful celebration of this extraordinary woman. Reid prepared three fantastic bulletin board sized photo collages of Angela's life. We all stood looking at them in amazement, laughing & crying. Angela is very photogenic & the photos captured her energy. For two hours, her friends and family poured out their hearts with wonderful stories & tributes. A big highlight was her three grade school friends and fellow cheerleaders from Long Island, christened "the Divas" by Victor. Angela's high school cheer leader jacket hung on the wall. Father John, the penultimate Irish priest who got to know Angela during her illness, summed it all up, "She deserved heaven more than earth."

Angela

Our dear friend Angela left us on February 14 after a brutal struggle with cancer and infections that wracked her body. She hopefully is in Light and Peace now. Angela was my truest, dearest friend. She was the Rock of Gibralter as COO/CFO of DRZ, and chief counselor to 30 people there who loved her and relied on her. She was the true Super Mom, somehow making costumes and baking theme cakes on top of her demanding job. She was a bright light who touched everyone around her. My wishes for healing and peace to her husband Reid, her young children Victoria and Vincent and her mother, father and family.

We celebrated our friend Bebe's birthday with her at dinner & joined some of her friends at a dinner party the next evening. Bebe appeared in her trademark black leather pants & black turtle neck. Her regime of swimming, Pilate's & hiking keeps her in incredible shape. She is busy in the studio. She is continuing the astronomy theme of last year's successful show of collages, in a larger mixed media format of painting & collage. The first two look fantastic! Another show is scheduled for March. Go Bebe!!

TASF

We recently visited the little house which was purchased by the Tibetan Assn. of Santa Fe, one of the Tibetan organizations which we support. We met Rigzin, who gave us a tour: two classrooms, a kitchen and a small hall. The classrooms are mainly used to teach children the Tibetan language, a practice that is illegal in their native country. In the hall, three gentlemen were wrapping and organizing a great many sutras. They are going to be placed in slots in two big shelves built by Tashi, who we also met. Rigzin offered us tea and asked us to sit down. We spoke at length with about the preservation of the Tibetan culture and the genocide occurring at the hands of the Chinese in Tibet (please see my Nov. 08 posting). He asked for advice on fund raising and grant writing to support the classes. We hope to be able to help.