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Digest - 30 Nov 2015 to 1 Dec 2015 (#2015-102)

Tue, 1 Dec 2015

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Topics of the day:

  1. Bonnie Pardoe News (2)

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Date:    Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:00:09 -0500
From:    "brutledge@c......." <brutledge@c.......>
Subject: Bonnie Pardoe News

Hi everyone,

I really don't know how to do this kind of message, but I felt I should let
the fandom know that Bonnie passed away in November. She loved Forever Knight,
and I feel lucky that I got to experience her friendship through this show. We
only visited once in person, but over the past 19 years, Bonnie gifted me with
a lifetime of silliness, supportiveness and imagination. Every fanfiction I've
written since 2000 exists because of her input, encouragement, and wit. It's
been hard to finish off the Vachon/Inca Conversion Day story we had planned
because that was my last real conversation with Bonnie - hours of Twitter
direct messages chatting about Vachon, the Incas, Pizarro and whatnot. She was
the only person, the perfect person, with whom I could have had that exact
chat, and I will miss the gifts of her intelligence and personality.

Bonnie believed being a regular blood donor was important, and she went to work
for the Red Cross out of a desire to help others. If you are interested in
honoring Bonnie's memory in some material way, please consider donating to The
American Red Cross, Blood Drive Memorial, 6230 Claremont Ave., Oakland, CA.
94618

Best wishes and health to all in our fandom family,
Bonnie Rutledge

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Date:    Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:30:48 +0000
From:    libratsie@s.......
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News

I am.... grief stricken once again. Bonnie and I visited in person several
times, mostly when we went to see Greg Kramer. She introduced us on-line.
Traveling with her was a pleasure as she always had suggestions for things she
knew I'd love like the Royal Ontario Museum.

The first time we met in person, I traveled from Arkansas to Oakland,
California in pre-cellphone days not totally assured she wasn't really an axe
murderer.<g> (We'd both been at Bridging the Knight although I didn't remember
her.)  I arrived at the Oakland airport to find no one waiting for me. I wasn't
worried at first, but then slowly the entire airport emptied. I was about to
ask an employee for an idea as to what I should do when I heard "LIBBY!!!!" and
she came running through the place after having been caught in traffic.

We traveled together to Vancouver Canada to meet Greg who was performing in a
play there. He met us in the bar afterwards, asked which of us was "Libs - the
one who writes comic books," dug "the Ratsie Wot Kilt Screed" from my bag, and
began running around showing his castmates the creature which he held by the
tail (to my horror). Bonnie looked at me and said, "I can't win. I'll get
drinks - he obviously likes you better." We both had a great laugh and it
started a long running game of who did he like better.

I became extremely ill coming back and when we were back in Oakland, she took
me immediately to the ER figuring I would be staying with her for a while. They
did let me travel home but my layover during which she was going to show me San
Francisco was eaten up. We talked about me going back out to make that up, but
it never happened.

We did get to explore Toronto together on several occasions, memories I will
cherish - especially the argument with Greg over a shooting location. He
wasn't  in that scene so we won. I'm sure passerbys wondered about that ...
discussion ;-)

Oh - and on one of those trips we were walking down the sidewalk to a theater
when we spotted someone sitting on a stone fence reading. In tandem, we took
steps back. It was Ger.

Travel well, Bonnie! Say hi to Greg for me. I'm sure he's with me on every
audition, every time I take the stage, and every time I step in front of the
camera. Now you will be as well.

--Libs

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