Molly Ivens passed away
fuck it fuck it fuck it.
Further loss to honesty in modern civilization, further dilution of our tiny pools of intelligence and wit.
Update: Obit...no, eulogy....from the SF Chron
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/01/EDIVINS.TMP
Write people.
Learn to speak up. Even before that, learn to notice when the world is spinning wrong. Molly, and others of her ilk, are canaries in the coal mine. Long before mainstream media finally figured out we were getting screwed (or before they decided liberal politics were 'chic')...
....long before the country finally woke up, Molly, Hightower, and older-than-God Turkel telling us, in everyday language, from everyman experience, that we needed to pay attention.
To the leaders we elected. To the media we choose to absorb. To our own decisions and actions.
And she did it with a laugh---not just to entertain us, and sweeten the bitterness of news. But because thats how she viewed the world: she laughed at it, and loved it.
She could bitch about Bush, but still recognize foibles she claimed she shared, as a Texan and a human. She never demonized.
Miss you much Molly. Your writing helped clarify the world when everything broke apart from national to local community. And you helped us put some of the pieces back together, in a new way.
Further loss to honesty in modern civilization, further dilution of our tiny pools of intelligence and wit.
Update: Obit...no, eulogy....from the SF Chron
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/01/EDIVINS.TMP
Write people.
Learn to speak up. Even before that, learn to notice when the world is spinning wrong. Molly, and others of her ilk, are canaries in the coal mine. Long before mainstream media finally figured out we were getting screwed (or before they decided liberal politics were 'chic')...
....long before the country finally woke up, Molly, Hightower, and older-than-God Turkel telling us, in everyday language, from everyman experience, that we needed to pay attention.
To the leaders we elected. To the media we choose to absorb. To our own decisions and actions.
And she did it with a laugh---not just to entertain us, and sweeten the bitterness of news. But because thats how she viewed the world: she laughed at it, and loved it.
She could bitch about Bush, but still recognize foibles she claimed she shared, as a Texan and a human. She never demonized.
Miss you much Molly. Your writing helped clarify the world when everything broke apart from national to local community. And you helped us put some of the pieces back together, in a new way.