Stu Shiffman

[calimac]

Alas, he is gone.

Let us be thankful for the good life he lived before his illness, and for his noble ability to carry on afterwards. Let us be thankful that he found his true love, and was able to marry her before the end. Let us be thankful for his deep command of his wide spectrum of interests, from Victoriana to folk music; for the bright legacy of art he left us (and the Hugo to honor it); and for the good times those of us fortunate enough to know him had with him personally. I particularly recall the lunch the two of us shared at a Chinese restaurant somewhere on upper Aurora, where we ordered the beef with bitter melon and made faces at each other in an attempt to convince ourselves that we found the taste ... interesting.

Let us be grateful for his life, and to him for sharing it with us.

Comments

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed, let us be thankful for every bit of that.

Thank you so very much for this beautifully-written post.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

This is sad news; although I never met him, he was mentioned by friends of mine several times, in various contexts. Rest in peace, Mr Shiffman.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Very sweet post, thank you.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

I am very grateful for his friendship of so many years. I really like your post.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Well said. I'm pretty sure I know exactly which Chinese restaurant you're referring to,.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I've been seeing tributes to him all over. He sounds like a wonderful man.

[andi malala shechter (from livejournal.com)]

Thank you, my friend. We should've gotten finder's fees from Doong Kong Lau, or something, for all the green beans we ate there, all the wonderful folks we introduced to this fine place. The bitter melon huh? You're a braver man than I am, Gunga David.

To be clear (not that you are otherwise) that we didn't marry for a long time was down to my reluctance. I loved him every minute of every hour of every day I had with him.

Andi