ek has passed
It saddens me to announce the news of ek hornbeck's passing. I received an email today from his good friend and colleague, TMC aka TheMomCat. Here are her words:
It is with the deepest sorrow to tell you that ek hornbeck passed from this world at 6:05 AM ET. He was not just a fellow blogger but a kind and close friend. He comforted those in pain and inflicted pain on the comfortable. I cannot tell you how much he will be missed by his family, friends and, especially, by me.
Blessed Be, TMC
I've known ek as a blogger since 2009 when I joined Docudharma, back in the days when buhdydharma was still blogging. After buhdy went "off to the mountain", ek and TMC took the reigns and have continued Docudharma to this day. Around the same time ek started his own blog, The Stars Hollow Gazette. ek was a prolific writer to the end.
The blogosphere wont be the same without ek hornbeck.
RIP, ek.
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Will miss his voice and mastery of the written word.
Nearly always learned something new or laughed, often both.
Sorry for your personal loss of colleague and friend JTC.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Damn,
sorry to hear.
Fuck it, I'm having my first drink in years anyway. *raises glass*
This shit is bananas.
Nothing is ever forgotten.
I, too, will miss ek. And I share your sense of loss, JtC.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
source
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
I remember him for one of his comments here about me
and won't forget him for that. A very, very kind soul. RIP.
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RIP ek,
and condolences TMC and others close to ek.
I remember ek and buhdy well from early days on TOP. Every few months I looked into docudharma and enjoyed the posts by ek and TMC.
Ek’s last post on docudharma - Dystopia: The Movie
[video:https://youtu.be/cKOSJ5AAwfc]
Thank you JtC for letting us know.
Sorry to hear that...
I hope his passing was easy. He always came by to celebrate Festivus with us. Thanks for letting us know, JtC.
Hope you and yours are doing well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
i remember ek from the old days at
docudharma as well, and here with his signature opening: Vent Hole. ; )
for you, JtC, and all of those who will feel the pain of his loss most acutely, i hope that his crossing to the other side was as Mary Oliver had imagined it:
with its depths of light,
like an angel, or a Buddha with wings,
it was beautiful, and accurate,
striking the snow and whatever was there
with a force that left the imprint
of the tips of its wings – five feet apart -
and the grabbing thrust of its feet,
and the indentation of what had been running
through the white valleys of the snow -
and then it rose, gracefully,
and flew back to the frozen marshes
to lurk there, like a little lighthouse,
in the blue shadows -
so I thought:
maybe death isn’t darkness, after all,
but so much light wrapping itself around us -
as soft as feathers -
that we are instantly weary of looking, and looking,
and shut our eyes, not without amazement,
and let ourselves be carried,
as through the translucence of mica,
to the river that is without the least dapple or shadow,
that is nothing but light – scalding, aortal light -
in which we are washed and washed
out of our bones.
here's hopin' you'll keep kickin' ass and takin' names in the afterlife, ek.
Sorry to hear it. Thanks for reporting this to us.
be well and have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
ek Ws a Fine, Fine Human Being
I had some interaction with him and through his writing style, I could discern that he had political principles, integrity, and character. Not to mention that he exuded honesty!
Over the past couple of years, we have lost several of the old-timers from the early days of DK. They taught us a great deal with their passionate style of writing and advocacy for issues. ek was such a person.
My condolences to TheMomCat.
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma