At 7:00 on the morning of December 3, 1999,
in the bed we shared, Julie Showalter,
my beloved, fiercely smart, wickedly sexy wife,
died from cancer diagnosed the week
of our wedding nearly 20 years earlier.
I miss her every day.
In My Secret Life
In the past, I have never planned in advance which poems or songs to place in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Julie Showalter'
And We're Still Making Love In My Secret Life
December 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Julie Showalter
Julie, 11th Century Chinese Poetry, And "Build Me Up, Buttercup"
September 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Julie Showalter, Poetry
Ten Years Living And Dead Have Drawn Apart
About this time of year in 1999 Julie’s1 cancer, which no longer responded to any of the treatments available, exacerbated, beginning an irreversible deterioration that would end December 3, 1999 with her death.
Because we managed her dialysis2 ourselves and because, in any case, there was nothing to be [...]
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Mary Travers And The Soundtrack Of My Life
September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Julie Showalter, Music
Mary Travers, the female vocalist of Peter, Paul & Mary, died on September 16, 2007 at age 72.
I hadn’t intended to post about her death, but an email from a friend with a link to a couple of videos of songs she, Peter Yarrow, and Noel “Paul” Stookey performed reminded me how important their music [...]
