Isolation Diary: Here I am, alone in my house. Which Richard and I bought in 1978. Yeow! That is so long ago. I have been preparing for a Thanksgiving gathering today and I have been missing Richard even after all this time. He left us in 1999. Don’t think I am being coy by saying ‘he left us’. There was something uncanny about Richard. Anyway, today I have been alternately lonely and joyful. If you know my family, you will know why. They engender joy in me. Joy is different than happiness. To me. Happiness is an earthly experience. Joy is a melding of the individual and the sublime. And I can’t explain it any better in this short post.
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Wishing you and yours all the best this holiday season and beyond!Janet R.
Happy Thanksgiving Ruth – remembering many joyful times with you – especially this time of year xxRuth Silveira
Janet R. I was thinking of you today as I made pie. I hope you attempted one! I tried a new crust and am not confident in the result. I used my old standby for the apple pie and that one is looking okay. Have a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving!Claudette W.
I get it. I still miss Richard, too.Mary Hayes Tuttle
Your house and garden will always be one of my favorite placesJoe Jordan
Hugs ‘cause I miss you.Ruth Silveira
Joe Jordan Yeah, I miss you too.Joe H.
Well, then make the post longer! I wanna hear what you have to say!
Sending you a big hug!Joyce H.
Happy Thanksgiving Ruth!Ruth Silveira
Joyce H. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!Ina Burke
I always love how you are able to express something perfectly. I totally feel this post! Happy thanksgiving. And your house and your garden always fills me with warm memories. Sending you love from NY!Jeff W.
I miss Richard too, and think of him often.Paul B.
I wish I had known Richard better, but loved him neverthelessBetsy B.
Sending a hug to you. To know Richard was to just love him!, and I’m pretty sure we all still miss him as well… I think of all the wonderful gatherings in your home, especially when Maggie and Jesse were little and how glued to Maggie I was when she was a toddler.Jeff W.
Betsy B. “Betsy Bird”Ruth Silveira
Betsy B. Yes! That’s right. If you and Maggie encountered each other today you would still love each other.Terry W.
Never a day goes by, that I don’t think of Richard. What a guy.Sandy R.
Happy Thanksgiving! Sending love!Ruth Silveira
Sandy R. Happy Thanksgiving, Sandy! Love back to you.Peter E.
Lots and lots of joy to you.Henrietta C.
Very well explained!John S.
You are the best.Anna M.
Miss Richard too!!Nicholas S.
Wonderful human that Richard.Christie M.
Richard was, as my great-grandmother used to say, “a tonic.” I wish you a warm Thanksgiving full of love! XOXRuth Silveira
Christie M. He was. Haven’t heard that before. States the effect very well.Nicholas G.
Sending love on this Thanksgiving Ruth. There were many great times with Richard!Rick C.
I think of Richard often as well…..
he was such a special person and a wonderfully talented ActorI was lucky to work with him!!
……well we all were weren’t we?Ruth Silveira
Rick C. I always felt safe when working with Richard. Which means I could take risks. Once we got to know each other. During rehearsal of The Seagull, I barely knew him, and I was very focused on trying to understand and develop Nina, and one day he said to me, ‘You can look at me, you know.” So I did.Susan J.
Well, I sure wish I knew Richard. Enjoy your sweet memories.Ruth Silveira
Susan J. You and Jeff would have loved him and had a great time playing music together.Susan J.
Ruth Silveira I just love the thought of that.
Jay B.
Love this. Sending you a virtual hug.Lee K.
Ruth, I think of Richard often, and the long philosophical talks we had. His talent was extraordinary, and his devotion to you, Jessie, and Maggie was unlimited. We miss him.Mandi M.H.
I love you so very much.Laura O.
A truly irreplaceable loss
and I love your distinction between joy and happinessBenny W.
Great memories in that house and with Richard.Cydney D.
I understand. You worded it beautifully. I had a lovely Thanksgiving with me, God and my cat Mickey. I put photos of my loved ones who left on the table and allowed the joy to swell up past the tears.Henry H.
i’d show up at all these topics.Hope W.
You just made me smile.