Douglas M. HarringtonOctober 1, 1966 - November 14, 2006
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Ordinary thoughts and pretty pictures from California's Santa Cruz Mountains -- and, occasionally, elsewhere.
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Sherwood Contemplates Some of His Ancestors
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A Satchel of Ordinary Treasure contains accounts of day-to-day life in the early 20th century in Upstate New York. Posts will be taken mostly from family members' reminiscences.
PicShers contains one post and picture for each day of the year from the Harrington images archive. More images from the archive (and current ones) can be found on my Flickr photostream.
PicShers contains one post and picture for each day of the year from the Harrington images archive. More images from the archive (and current ones) can be found on my Flickr photostream.
Blogs of People (Mostly) Who Have Said Nice Things About Me but are Worth Reading Anyway:
- Brian Fies Writes Inventive and Enchanting Books -- and All of the Entries in His Blog
- Coyote Crossing: Writing and Photography from the Mojave Desert and Elsewhere by Chris Clarke
- G. Dan Mitchell is a music prof at my school, and was one of my successors as president of its faculty senate. Despite those impediments, he has managed to become the finest Northern California landscape photographer (both rural and urban) since Ansel Adams. Note that I don't use any "IMHO" or similar weaseling in that assessment; the man is THAT good.
- Give me liberty or give me Todd. On second thought, give me both, since it's a double-d and not in German anyway.
- Mary Ellen Carew's "Xtreme English: Love Notes to the English Language" is probably the best thing coming out of DC these days. Faint praise, I know, but check it out anyway.
- Mike Peterson's Ruminations from New England. A lifelong journalist, Mike's observations are insightful, often provocative, and always entertaining.
- Mojo-the-Cat: "bouncing thru life for 10 consekutev yeers"
- Painting On: Newfoundland artist Margaret Ryall's words are crafted as skillfully as her brushstrokes. That she is also a veteran of Birr Castle's Bothy is a plus, but not a sine qua non, for inclusion in this blogroll.
- ronniecat's observations. Canada's contributions to Western Civilization include William Shatner, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, and Pierre Trudeau -- but they all fade into the whiteout when compared to the fabled ms. cat.
- Ruth Channels Lucy van Pelt from South Carolina.
- The best comic strip or panel of the day, as selected by Mike Peterson, more expert than whom no one is.
- Vicki teaches physics in sign language and calls herself oddprofessor
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12 comments:
Yes we do. Always.
A happy boy, a short but hopefully well lived life.
Sending good thoughts ...and wondering the story behind this delightful photo!
The story behind the hat is one in itself.
Can't have too many stories. Good for us to hear them, good for you to tell them.
A beautiful boy.
Happy Birthday, Doug. And Doug's family. *raises glass*
Memories can hurt, but imagine not being remembered? He's a lucky guy to be so warmly and often recalled.
What a wonderful picture of Doug.
i guess i didn't know about this boy, Sherwood. What a loss--so very sorry. He certainly was a broth of a lad. And what kind of snake is that? we used to catch snakes all the time and haul them around like that. but we never saw any with spots.
*hugs*
Thanks to all of you for your comments.
I really don't remember much of a story behind the snake, or know what kind it is (except, of course, that it wasn't venemous). It was at a picnic at the Lafayette Reservoir in the East Bay area of the SF megalopolis. Doug and Adam were always ones for seeking out critters, the scarier the better. As Adam says, though, that battered, dirty A's hat has a story to tell, which I'll save for another time.
Margaret, his short life was, indeed, very well lived. You and Mary Ellen can get a little of a sense of the number and variety of friends he gathered in his 40 years by looking around his memorial website over on sharrington.net.
Chris and Annette, thanks for the toast and the hug, and Mike, you are wise as always.
And, ronniecat, yes he was.
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