tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post5184491133306649411..comments2024-02-23T15:59:49.280-07:00Comments on Mobile Kodgers: DEATH AT MY DOORSTEPS-----HOW THRILLINGRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-71640681145644915492011-11-09T20:29:54.488-07:002011-11-09T20:29:54.488-07:00Thank you Andy for sharing this with us, In the 3...Thank you Andy for sharing this with us, In the 30 or so years I've known you, You've always been on the cutting edge of things----and this enlightened, humane, handling of Tania's remains is no exception. I hope the whole world will find its way to such a simple, hands-on goodbye.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-28527543609762204922011-11-09T19:41:02.746-07:002011-11-09T19:41:02.746-07:00Sitting in the ICU hospital room holding my ex-wif...Sitting in the ICU hospital room holding my ex-wife Tania's hand a few minutes after she died September 1st...<br /><br />Bringing her body to the house for ritual and friends' visiting...<br /><br />Driving her shroud-wrapped to the cemetery and lowering her coffin-less into her grave, then shoveling dirt into the hole and covering her....<br /><br />....makes death more real.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-35808790079448379562011-11-07T11:35:15.287-07:002011-11-07T11:35:15.287-07:00The "endorphins" or the spiritual equiva...The "endorphins" or the spiritual equivalent protect us from pain, and fear. The battlefield speaks from experience.the_Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541607489106807472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-3402882891749493212011-11-06T07:54:31.932-07:002011-11-06T07:54:31.932-07:00Hi Randy,
I nearly drowned twice. Each time my bra...Hi Randy,<br />I nearly drowned twice. Each time my brain accepted death calmly, without fear. I was grateful I made it, but didn't feel any particular euphoria or sweetness for life over and above what was normal. I felt lucky. But, looking back on those two close calls, I'm very appreciative for my life. And, the thought of my own death bothers me, not over much. Just, that endings can be gruesome or smooth. I hope for smooth and not to live beyond my ability to enjoy life. I guess that is why I'm a fan of assisted suicide. <br />MaryMary Matzekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271103301714965937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-53947610729947315582011-11-06T07:15:35.025-07:002011-11-06T07:15:35.025-07:00I once calmed one of my children's fear of dea...I once calmed one of my children's fear of death by asking her if she remembered before she was born and whether she missed me before she was born. Of course, she said, "No." So, I told her, "That's what death is." The only people who hurt are those who are left behind.<br /><br />Glad I found. You through "To Simplify..."hobopalshttp://travelswithmrnimble.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-69885159233642648582011-11-04T00:23:45.079-06:002011-11-04T00:23:45.079-06:00Your explanation about why you did not kill yourse...Your explanation about why you did not kill yourself is oh so human ("I didn't want someone to have to clean up"). I have been in that exact place before with a shotgun to my lips. Some kind of (not so)silly fear prevented me from plunging into the abyss. <br /><br />The abyss is nothingness. A dark sleep from which one never awakes. Take the lively air my friend, and go where you have to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-48295939213061141312011-11-03T15:52:23.387-06:002011-11-03T15:52:23.387-06:00Howdy Randy,
Aren't you glad you didn't ha...Howdy Randy,<br />Aren't you glad you didn't have to go to the potty outside in the dark?<br />Rattlesnakes are not scary, if you understand them, except when coming out of hibernation!!! Cougars don't have very strong jaws, so, they have to 'choke' their kills.. Good pics<br />of a cougar-kill.. Hope you continue<br />to have: Smooth roads, clear blue skies & balmy ?breezes?!!! (in Mew Nexico??)butterbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343844683229660310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-7843442317251599392011-11-03T11:33:54.153-06:002011-11-03T11:33:54.153-06:00Interesting about Dr. Livingston not feeling pain....Interesting about Dr. Livingston not feeling pain. More current research has revealed the power of endorphins as a pain killer. Perhaps the brutality of nature in getting predators a meal is mediated by the flood of endorphins to act as an antithestic.<br /><br />It also appears that as our lives become more and more safe, many people are driven to take more and more foolish risks to get that excitement. There is something in that emotional rush of successfully conquering a real risk. Not so much in failing to do so... As always, its a balancing act.Tesajehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15965295812302989459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-71092061586761801802011-11-02T18:11:46.755-06:002011-11-02T18:11:46.755-06:00Life opens up and tastes sooo much sweeter when yo...Life opens up and tastes sooo much sweeter when you make friends with Death (as you noted with your rattlesnake story). You lose almost all fear when you lose the fear of Death. <br /><br />Sadly Death is practically taboo to talk of in our society, yet so important to contemplate if we really want to experience Life.<br /><br />Glad you posted this, Randy.Wayne (Wirs)http://waynewirs.comnoreply@blogger.com