Gerald Tindal
Day 56: Deacquiring
KT Man, Since the computer thieves absconded with my computers last Friday, I’ve come to realize how wrong I’ve been living. Carrying a...
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Day 55: Cairn fairies
KT Man, The day was spent hiking. Wandering with your momma lama in the morning and my running buddy, Tom Bob, in the afternoon....
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Day 54: Negotiate
Dogg Man, As we negotiate our way through your death and now your life with us in our souls, a different kind of negotiation occurs in...
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Day 53: Ellen's message
KT, The return to the Sports Product Management program was everything you would have expected it to be. Second year students made...
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Day 52: Return posted early
Karsten, The day began with us returning to Portland. Up the Willamette Valley filled with fields of Hazelberts and grass seed. Normally,...
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Day 51: Eito's words
KT Man, As you know, I’m prone to view life through others. It’s more interesting than the command position of my own point of view. I...
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Day 50: Suspended
KT Man, I find myself looking for you in each day and reflecting on you after each day. Yesterday. And the days just roll on, one after...
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Day 49: Interrupted dreams
Karsten, Yesterday, I had a long conversation with someone I knew not well but came to know in the conversation. Eventually. Probably...
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Day 48: Daniel's words
Karsten, It’s the first day of October and we continue to honor the end of your life with us on the outside but your presence on the...
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Day 47: KT day
Dogg Man, It was a KT day from the beginning. You would have been in your element. A road trip to see Mad Dogg in the borough of hills:...
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Day 46: Assisted
KT, The day was all sun, warm, with fall bursting at the seams. No wind and clear sky. Light smoke but way better than days earlier. Not...
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Day 45: Retirement
Dogg Man, It’s official. I’ve signed retirement papers. In three years, I must. The UO signed off for me to reduce my tenure and become...
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Day 44: Dreams, moons, and conversations
KT, I had a dream last night which is unusual. Dreams require sleep as the doorway and I don’t sleep much. But this dream was poignant:...
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Day 43: Classmate's words continued
KT Man, As yesterday, I’ve lingered through the emails sent following your death. They reflect the same reach of people as your...
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Day 42: Classmate's words
Karsten, In the early morning I sit and quietly play with words to keep you in my life. The life of our family. I use word carvings to...
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Day 41: Why?
KT Man, Today’s the first day of fall quarter. New beginnings for so many. As planned, I’d be teaching. This year’s not planned. It’s...
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Day 40: Class of 2020
KT Man, We met the new cohort. One year down the road from your cohort. I can see better what you were getting into. They came from all...
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Day 39: Dear Phil and Penny
Karsten, I hope you don’t mind having my daily letter to you displaced by a letter to Phil and Penny Knight. I also write a letter to...
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Day 38: Campus
Karsten, It’s been 10 years since you moved out of the house. Summer 2008. Move to Whittier. Become a footballer. Begin classes. Start an...
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Day 37: Juxtaposed
KT, Another installment on process: Today. We’ll see how it goes but all bets are off without you to guide us. Sev, Mads, Linda, and I...
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