@riverlover please accept belated condolences. I never know what to say because I have too much painful memory of my own. Were we talking about forests yesterday, I had just returned from a 10 day spike in Santa Cruz when my brother called the CCC office to say my mom died. I was 18, never recovered from that early loss. Then my dad died when I was 21 but wotthehell mehitabel society says your an adult so there. toujour gais toujour gais. Orphan solidarity.

I'm not gonna survive the next four years but I hardly care anymore. At least you and others here give a little comfort and don't judge our Agnes Angst too much as the world burns. Thanks for that, thanks a lot.

Peace & Love

My mother died this month. My reaction was worse than I expected. No mother and no husband. OMFG. Lonely with barriers. Pain now. Yes.