Hello. I am Jay DeKing, Lisa's lover, caretaker and husband. I have temporarily hijacked her blog (I don't think she would mind) to tell anybody who reads or finds this blog some bad news.
Lisa died peacefully in her sleep on the morning of 20 October 2012. The cause was congestive heart failure. We didn't even know that she had any heart problems, other than a slightly rapid heartbeat and slightly high blood pressure. She had a lot of physical issues but, so far as we knew, her heart wasn't affected.
At least she was back in her beloved mountains when she died. Next spring we will scatter her ashes off of the Devil's Courthouse.
Lisa was the most unique individual that it has ever been my honor to meet. I am still baffled as to why she would want to be with me, though we did have a few things in common. She was brilliantly intelligent, so we didn't need to "dumb down" our conversations. She was intensely spiritual and took a long spiritual journey before she came to realize that Wicca most closely matched her feelings. She didn't belong to any coven; instead, she was a solitary Wiccan.
And she was 6'3" (183cm) tall. She was my Amazon and I was her Hobbit. I will miss her forever.
Apple should not unlock "the iPhone"
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Doing so will open Pandora's metaphorical box.
In order to unlock the phone, Apple would have to write software that was
never intended to exist.
Imagine ...
8 years ago
I have to apologize: Lisa died on the morning of 30 October 2012, not 20 October as stated in the above post.
ReplyDeleteOur friend Teresa brought Lisa's ashes over yesterday. I took about a half-cup worth; Teresa will be distributing the rest among friends and family. I'll keep about an ounce of ashes and will cast the rest of my half-cup worth off of the Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway per Lisa's wishes. But not until the weather improves. We got some snow last night and the Parkway is very likely closed.