Anniversary ritual complete

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Nine months

Nine months would be the gestation period for a new human life. But I don't feel like anything new has been created.

I can't stop time from passing. Time flows onward without my consciousness or consent, and so too, it seems, does the distance. I feel I must be like any other animal who loses its mate -- instincts take over, along with the will to survive. I don't feel good about having a will to survive and benefiting from it when Paul couldn't catch a break.

Here are more things and people and creatures Paul loved.

• Frank Lloyd Wright
  
• "The West Wing"
  
• His aquariums
  
• His guinea pigs
  
• talking to squirrels
  
• talking to crows
  
• Bleu cheese
  
• Worthington Fry Chik
  
• Bacon
  
• "The Planets" by Gustav Holst
  
• EliSheva Nesher
  
• Cats (all of them)
  
• "Pretty in Pink" (except the end)
  
• "The Breakfast Club"
  
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
  
• my mom's Texas artichoke dip
  
• Artichokes
  
• Dick Dale
  
• All surf music
  
• "1 bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 beer" by George Thorogood
  
• Peanut butter
  
• Teletubbies
  
• H.P. Lovecraft
  
• MST3K
  
• "Horatio Hornblower"
  
• Amy Abascal
  
• Mole cheese enchiladas
  

Paul loved many things...part 3

• Amateur radio
  
• Hedgehogs
  
• Brandy Ho's
  
• Dune
  
• Darkover
  
• Wonkette
  
• San Benito House
  
• Mythbusters
  
• Discovery Science Channel
  
• Twin Peaks
  
• Julee Cruise
  
• "Disintegration" album by the Cure
  
• X-Men
  
• "Gaoth Barra na d'Tonn"
  
• Stelline, Oregano's, Pasta?
  
• J. R. R. Tolkien
  
• French fries with ranch dressing
  
• Agent Scully
  
• Twinberry Cafe
  
• Davenport Cash Store
  
• San Gregorio Beach
  
• La Fondue
  

A special sight

The good ships Atlantis and Endeavour were both visible on Saturday morning on their Kennedy Space Center launch pads.

More things and people Paul loved

Still not complete.

• Murphy
  
• Gardening
  
• Salt Lhassis
  
• Il Piccolo Cafe
  
• Dana Street Roasting Co.
  
• Garden Fresh
  
• The Psychic Eye Mountain View
  
• Wednesdays
  
• Equality Now
  
• Making mixes and playlists
  
• Talking Heads
  
• B52s
  
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
  
• True Stories
  
• Military history
  
• Roman history
  
• Civil War history
  
• Masonic history
  
• Conspiracy theories
  
• Choosing gifts
  
• Wrapping gifts
  
• Giving gifts
  
• Airplanes
  
• Stargate SG-1
  
• First Wave
  
• the Donnas
  
• Lava Beds
  
• Butano State Park
  
• Hawaii
  
• Vulcanology
  
• Mount St. Helens
  
• William Gibson
  
• Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum
  

Stream of consciousness about things Paul loved

Of course, this isn't complete...

• Photography
  
• Chocolate
  
• Spicy hot chocolate
  
• Mexican mochas at Gaylord's
  
• Mexican food
  
• Making Mexican food
  
• Baja Cactus, Estrellita's and La Fiesta
  
• Figure skating
  
• Beatrisa Liang
  
• Emily Hughes
  
• Olympic opening ceremonies
  
• Hellenic Paganism
  
• Gnostic Paganism
  
• Gardnerian and Eclectic Wicca
  
• His coveners
  
• Making cakes & wine
  
• Reading tarot
  
• Astrology
  
• Creating rituals
  
• PantheaCon
  
• Don Frew's presentations
  
• Sabina Magliocco's presentations
  
• My music
  
• Joan Jett
  
• Grace Slick
  
• The Avengers
  
• Buffy
  
• Firefly
  
• Babylon 5
  
• Spaceflight Now
  
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
  
• the space program
  
• NASA Ames Research Center
  
• the theme song for "Star Trek: Enterprise"
  
• Seven of Nine
  
• Electronic music
  
• Reggae music
  
• Green Day
  
• The Offspring
  
• Indian food
  
• Pasand, Sneha, and Sue's
  
• Making Indian food
  
• Making veggie Thanksgiving dinner
  
• UNIX
  
• Linux
  
• Weather
  
• Storms
  
• The beach
  
• Hiking
  
• Caving
  
• Spiders
  
• Wasps
  
• Mushrooms and fungi
  
• Phil Gelb's cooking
  
• Phil Gelb's cooking classes
  
• Phil Gelb's concert dinners