Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Oct 13 - 11:32 AM

I'm one of those, Bill, if you get a chance.

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: ranger1
Date: 25 Oct 13 - 07:11 PM

One of my dearest friends shares a family camp in a remote location that can only be reached by boat or by a five mile hike culminating in a river crossing to reach the island. On the hike in, there is an ancient hemlock that sprouted on top of a glacial erratic (a boulder dropped during the last ice age) and the roots have grown down the sides of the boulder and into the ground. It is a magical spot, and some of my store of Kat's ashes were left there. Some more were scattered at the end of the island, looking west toward a beautiful mountain view across the lake. I will continue to carry her with me in my travels and leave a part of her in the beautiful, wild places I find.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 25 Oct 13 - 09:26 PM

Thank you for that last post, Ranger1! I am glad you were able to do that.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Bill D
Date: 25 Oct 13 - 10:07 PM

Will do Maggie

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: MMario
Date: 26 Oct 13 - 08:06 AM

Like Tami I have been carrying some of Kat with me; scattering bits of the ashes in places I think she would have liked, or that I would have liked to show her...

So she is now part and parcel of the Cape Cod Canal, Cape Cod Bay, Edaville USA; King Richard's Faire, and the Berkshires.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Oct 13 - 01:56 PM

Any specific place in the Berkshires, MMario? I will probably be there around Christmas or New Year's Day and would like to know I was close to Kat.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Oct 13 - 10:27 PM

aww thank you so very my Bill Mario & ranger ... Spaw and I have talked of putting a map together for Morgan so he knows all the place his moma has been..

Somewhere in the fields of heaven
Proud Souls laugh and love together
Some where between passion and losing friends


Bill, Spaw has my # and Facebook info .. any info you need .. you are welcome to have... and I will do my very best to get ash to those that would like to share in kat's travels

[e-mail] for anyone that would like my email.
And Bill you are welcome to post them publicly.. mom always like to share special moments

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: GUEST,Rue
Date: 28 Oct 13 - 10:29 PM

Sorry I forgot to put my name on the last post

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: ranger1
Date: 29 Oct 13 - 12:15 AM

Email sent with photos, Rue.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Art Thieme
Date: 29 Oct 13 - 09:45 PM

Friends From the start, Here and emails and phone calls always. Love to Roger. She stays with me.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Bill D
Date: 29 Oct 13 - 10:08 PM

Ok Rue... sometime soon. Pics from Getaway...
(and haven't forgotten SRS)

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: JedMarum
Date: 30 Oct 13 - 12:14 AM

Such sad, sad news. And I am doubly saddened to have not seen this news until tonight (my fault - I've been away a lot) but while the heavens have gained another star - we have lost a shining light. She was a sweet and considerate woman - and a true friend to so many of us here.

My heartfelt condolences to her loved ones.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Bill D
Date: 30 Oct 13 - 06:02 PM

I have made an album of the little ceremony at the Getaway

Memories of Katlaughing

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 30 Oct 13 - 10:11 PM

Thank you, Bill D.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Oct 13 - 03:16 AM

I recognise Joe & Amos is named, but who else was there.

sandra

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: wilbyhillbilly
Date: 31 Oct 13 - 06:19 AM

Just wish we could have been there. But our thoughts will never die from across "the pond".

We Luvya Kat.

John Beth and Danny

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Oct 13 - 09:27 AM

Thanks for the photos, Bill.

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Oct 13 - 10:53 AM

Roger Himler (Roger in Baltimore), Janie, Kendall & Jacqui, Tinker, Jeri, Lonesome EJ, MMario, ClairBear, Joe, Amos.....and I took the pictures. A couple of others who took some, like Ranger1 (Tami) could not be right there.

Several of us spent the day taking Kat to various workshops and concerts before the ceremony.... she sure got around! And the process continues....

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Nov 13 - 02:03 AM

thanks, Bill

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Janie
Date: 01 Nov 13 - 03:13 PM

Also Ron Davies. Others would have joined us if they had known. It wasn't possible to make a general announcement - discretion was called for. We did our best by word-of-mouth, but there were a number of Mudcatters at the Getaway who did not get word who would have liked to have joined us on the bridge had they known. Plus, herding 'Cats is always challenging!

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Ebbie
Date: 01 Nov 13 - 04:37 PM

Kat has been on my mind all day. You know that if Kat were here she'd be busy starting a novel for NaNoWriMo. Incidentally, does/did she leave any writing to be published?

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: GUEST,Guest (Kathy)
Date: 11 Nov 13 - 12:42 AM

Hey folks, I did not know Kat, but I look over Mudcat every now and then and it is wonder-full reading.

I did notice, quite a ways back in this thread, that her grandson Morgan's 10th birthday is coming up this week ... I think it said Nov. 14th. Wouldn't it just be tremendous if he got birthday wishes from all his grandma's Mudcat friends? Especially since this is the first birthday he will experience without her.

Just a thought. Yall know more about how to do this than I do.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Nov 13 - 02:16 AM

Great idea! We all know how special he was to her, and by extension, to us.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Nov 13 - 03:20 AM

do we start a new thread?

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: maeve
Date: 11 Nov 13 - 05:03 AM

Morgan's Birthday Thread 2013 is downstairs, thanks to good suggestions here and the lovely Megan.

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Nov 13 - 09:08 AM

Morgan has a mudcat account also - we can look it up if someone doesn't have a note for themselves already. Morgan, if you're reading this, act surprised!

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: GUEST,Rue
Date: 14 Nov 13 - 06:22 PM

Thank Bill D for the getaway link! .. and it is Morgan's birthday today =). He also has his school music program this evening, which I thought was very appropriate day for it to fall on. I will be sure to have him log into the Mudcat when we get home and I will try to figure out how to upload a video of it for those that would like to see.

take care all ... I can't tell you all how much Mom would love all that you have done for her family and Morgan.. best wishes to all

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: maeve
Date: 14 Nov 13 - 06:57 PM

Rue, please tell Morgan we remembered his birthday today. His thread is here:
Happy Birthday Morgan

Subject: RE: Obit: For Katlaughing (aka: Kat / Latie) Jul 2013
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Nov 13 - 12:42 PM

If Morgan has a place to put his video, like in facebook, then anyone with permission to see his file can view it. Some of the photo sites now allow video, so you might look at Flickr or Photobucket. MyOpera (where your mother has some photos) is going away in 2014 so if you have the logon information for her account you might want to download any photos that you don't already have and close down the account before it just vanishes. (The good thing about the Opera photos going away is that the troll who tormented several of us, but Kat particularly mercilessly, used MyOpera a lot. This is the place where it was difficult to get them to clear their cache. Those old harvested photos in troll accounts will vanish - yay!)

Anyway, once Morgan uploads his video then he can post a link here.

And Happy Happy Birthday, Morgan! You were the light of your grandmother's eye, and all of your Mudcat Aunties are still interested in your activities.

SRS