Archive for March, 2008

Heal Emru

Back in December, my old pal Emru Townsend (we met as teenagers in Montreal) was diagnosed with leukemia. Since that time, he’s undergone several rounds of chemo, and has been searching for a bone marrow donor. Unfortunately, Emru’s only sister, Tamu, is not a match – but she has helped to mobilize a small army [...]

In Memoriam ZippyK

My brother-in-law Nelson passed away on January 22nd – he would have been 40 years old today. We miss him… Well, a lot of people miss him. I’ve got some photos on flickr (tagged “ZippyK”), and now (thanks, Toni!) there’s a really lovely memorial web site up at nelsonaspilla.com. Nelson really brought a lot of [...]