miss you

[asakiyume]

I was so shocked to hear you have left us, minoanmiss. You are a fountain of art and fic and joy at making babies smile. You've sent me poems, you've sent me stickers that have decorated letters I've sent people. When the pandemic hit and I posted about the Japanese amabie, you made a fridge magnet of one. She's on my fridge above your Minoan dancers.



Do you remember when you sent me a postcard for a pine tree, and I took it there?

You made magic happen.

I will think of you every time I see someone making a baby smile. I will talk to that pine tree about you. Maybe it has your forwarding address, and I can send you a postcard.

Comments

[sartorias]

A lot of people have been mourning and celebrating this person. I am so sorry she is gone--we need more like her in this world!

[asakiyume]

I only just found out... I have been offline most of the day...

We do; she was a light and a joy.

[troisoiseaux]

I'm so sorry for your (and everyone's) loss.

[asakiyume]

Thank you--she was a lovely person.

[sabotabby]

My fridge looks a lot like yours. At least her art lives on.

[asakiyume]

Yeah, and she'd love that.

[sovay]

When the pandemic hit and I posted about the Japanese amabie, you made a fridge magnet of one. She's on my fridge above your Minoan dancers.

We have her fridge magnets of cats and Minoan friezes. We should be having this conversation in forty years.

[asakiyume]

100 percent agree

[oracne]

I just heard this, and am so sad. I only knew her online, but it's been several years.

[asakiyume]

She's someone whose personality came through really richly and fully even if the friendship or acquaintanceship was just online--I never met her in person either, but she has a place in my heart.

[light_of_summer]

I don't recall if I ever communicated directly with minoanmiss, but her username sounds familiar to me.

My sympathies to all who knew her well enough to miss her—may your memories of her continue to bless you.

[asakiyume]

I love about our world on Dreamwidth (and Livejournal before it) how our circles widen out like this. We're truly all connected.

And thank you; I feel sure that it will.

[radiantfracture]

Ah lovely. Thank you.

Sad sad sad.

[asakiyume]

It's good to sit together at times like this, even though we're all in different places and our "sitting" is via phones and tablets and laptops and desktops.

[pameladean]

I'm so sorry, this is so awful. P.

[asakiyume]

Such a shock and loss.

[gwynnega]

I'm so sorry.

[asakiyume]

Thank you--I wish she had had decades more.

[okrablossom]

wtf??? How? What? I just read a post by her the other day?!?!? I'm horrified. I'm so sorry. And I'm thankful you mentioned it.

[asakiyume]

That was my exact reaction when I read sovay's post, which is what broke the news for me. Truly a shocking, unexpected event :(

[mrissa]

I'm so sorry.

[asakiyume]

Thank you. She was such a vivid part of the online community.

[kore]

I just found out now. I just can't believe it.

[asakiyume]

I only found out this evening too, and I couldn't either.

[rachelmanija]

I just found out from you. I'm in shock. I have her art on my fridge too.

[asakiyume]

I found out from sovay, who found out from gingicat, minoanmiss's former housemate, and shock is what I felt too. I couldn't believe what I was reading.

I love this web of fridge art. All over the country, we're loving and missing you, minoanmiss.

[rachelmanija]

I tried to mail her some pottery mini-books I made for her yesterday! The post office didn't recognize her address and I emailed her to check it.

I had the books sitting on my shelf for a week before I mailed them. I'm kicking myself now for not sending them earlier. She only just missed them, and she would have loved them. It was five of her favorite books, plus The Minoan Mer with her as the author.

[asakiyume]

I just saw your post ;_; You're right, she *would* have. She was such an alive-in-all-ways person, so full of ideas and actions and feelings ;_;

[teenybuffalo]

This is horrible. She was delightful and full of good ideas and strong loves. I didn't even know her in person and I could tell that through the internet. Fuck! Fucking shit!

[teenybuffalo]

Thank you for posting the fridge magnet and Minoan women art, I love getting to see those. Hugs here when you want them.

[asakiyume]

I love hugs and am glad to have them, thank you. Strong hugs right back, when you're up for them. I know you're going through a lot with your parents and their situation--it can be really, really heavy.

[asakiyume]

I know. Exactly.

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

librarygeek has a post too.

Re: Yes ...

[asakiyume]

Ahhh, that's good: food and poetry are a great tribute.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

They're popular comforts at a funeral.

Thumbnail's up, two people have already said they'll chip in, and I haven't even sent out the prompter copies yet.