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Digest - 1 Dec 2015 to 2 Dec 2015 (#2015-103)
Wed, 2 Dec 2015
There are 8 messages totaling 340 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Bonnie Pardoe News (8)
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 23:58:36 +0000
From: Allison <smilewithviolets@y.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
I'm so very sorry to hear this. My condolences to everyone who knew her
personally and those of us who knew her on-list.
The two Bonnies are (are!) one of my favorite things about this list. I have
laughed a tremendous amount over the years with your fictional antics and
non-fictional wit.
A sad day.
Fandom love,
Allison
On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:00 PM, "brutledge@c......." <brutledge@c.......>
wrote:
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 23:09:16 -0500
From: "brutledge@c......." <brutledge@c.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
Libby's words remind me of an anecdote once when Greg K visited Bonns. He loved
Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies (shocker :) ) and she'd pop a cookie in his mouth
whenever he wanted one. It's just an adorable picture I think of regarding
those two. If heaven exists, Greg and Bonnie-Kate are sharing thin mints, she
has her beloved dog Brand back, and she's knitting the angels sweaters.
Bonns' death was sudden. Nov. 23rd would have been her birthday. It took me a
while from the time I found out before I could write it, so I'm sorry about
that.
In terms of obituary stuff, I believe one of Bonnie's coworkers started a
memorial/tribute page at http://www.forevermissed.com/bonnie-hagstrom/#about
Her obit is to be printed in hardcopy in the Dec 4th San Fran Chronicle. The
online version is at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=176711535
Allison, I don't even know what to say about fanfic. For me, she was the One
True Bonnie. Bonnie Pardoe posted long before me on the lists. She was The
Bonnie Who Dared Cut Vachon's Hair in War 7. Then, she became my friend. I know
we've been confusing the hell out of people for ages, but she was the Bonnie I
looked up to, one of the peeps whose list posts gave me the courage to delurk
and take part in the fandom and unleash millions of words later. And what a
screaming fine ride it was. <3
Love,
Bonnie Rutledge
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 01:07:38 -0500
From: Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
At 23:09 12/1/2015, Bonnie Rutledge wrote:
>Bonns' death was sudden.
I was wondering about that. Often, we hear of friends who are ailing
and pray for them to recover, or for their passage to be eased.
>Nov. 23rd would have been her birthday.
Was there something special about the year 1701 (the year listed on
the Forever Missed site)? (or was that a STAR TREK tribute in there?)
I kind of doubt that any of us are *real life* vampires or immortals or...
>It took me a while from the time I found out before I could write
>it, so I'm sorry about that.
That's not unusual with sudden deaths of good friends, especially
when they're not of the advanced age when you expect they "could go
at any time" (i.e., some time *after* one's mid-eighties, unless one
is obviously deteriorating at some time before that).
(Then again, for what it's worth, while I'm able to process the
*numerical value* of my age (55), it's hard for me to process that it
means I'm starting to become eligible for "senior" discounts. And I
REFUSE to accept my doctor's assessment that our bodies normally
begin to deteriorate at that age.)
Certainly, Bonnie's passing is a great loss for FK fandom.
Brenda F. Bell webwarren@e....... UA, PoCBS, FKPagan;
Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos: http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://n2kye.webwarren.com/Fiendish_Glow/
Help STOP Diabetes by supporting me in the 2016 ADA Tour de Cure:
http://main.diabetes.org/goto/tmana
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 01:54:58 -0500
From: "brutledge@c......." <brutledge@c.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
> On Dec 2, 2015, at 1:07 AM, Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......> wrote:
> <snip>Was there something special about the year 1701 (the year listed on
> the Forever Missed site)? (or was that a STAR TREK tribute in there?)
> I kind of doubt that any of us are *real life* vampires or immortals or...</snip>
I don't recall Bonnie being a big Star Trek fan, but that could be the reason!
I was wondering if that was a default birth year on the site and the creator
didn't know her age. She definitely looked younger than she was, though, so
that's at least in keeping with it the idea of, as they say in FK, 'time for
moving on.'
Regards,
Bonnie Rutledge
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 18:01:12 +1100
From: Alexander Braun <ajbraun55@g.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
Sorry to hear Bonnie's passing, its always sad to hear someone passing as
LaCroix would say life is a peach to be savoured, I think Bonnie did as
much savouring as she could
in her life as we are all richer for it, perhaps some time later some one
could write a fan fic as a requiem for Bonnie.
Alex Braun
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......> wrote:
> At 23:09 12/1/2015, Bonnie Rutledge wrote:
>
> >Bonns' death was sudden.
>
> I was wondering about that. Often, we hear of friends who are ailing
> and pray for them to recover, or for their passage to be eased.
>
> >Nov. 23rd would have been her birthday.
>
> Was there something special about the year 1701 (the year listed on
> the Forever Missed site)? (or was that a STAR TREK tribute in there?)
> I kind of doubt that any of us are *real life* vampires or immortals or...
>
> >It took me a while from the time I found out before I could write
> >it, so I'm sorry about that.
>
> That's not unusual with sudden deaths of good friends, especially
> when they're not of the advanced age when you expect they "could go
> at any time" (i.e., some time *after* one's mid-eighties, unless one
> is obviously deteriorating at some time before that).
>
> (Then again, for what it's worth, while I'm able to process the
> *numerical value* of my age (55), it's hard for me to process that it
> means I'm starting to become eligible for "senior" discounts. And I
> REFUSE to accept my doctor's assessment that our bodies normally
> begin to deteriorate at that age.)
>
> Certainly, Bonnie's passing is a great loss for FK fandom.
>
>
> Brenda F. Bell webwarren@e....... UA, PoCBS, FKPagan;
> Neon-Green GlowWorm
> HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/
> Gerthering 3 Photos: http://members.Tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
> Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://n2kye.webwarren.com/Fiendish_Glow/
>
> Help STOP Diabetes by supporting me in the 2016 ADA Tour de Cure:
> http://main.diabetes.org/goto/tmana
>
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 02:22:22 -0500
From: KnghtWtch@a.......
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
I so dislike seeing the word 'news' in the re box. Mainly because it is
generally the passing of a FK family member.
WE seem to be losing our best friends and Bonnie was most differently one
of our best.
She will be sooo missed. I wish I had know her as personally as
brutledge. Bonnie will be missed.
God bless and keep you in Her care.
Now Bonnie is Forever.with the Knight.
KnightWitch. ;-[=
In a message dated 12/1/2015 4:01:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
brutledge@c....... writes:
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: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:44:30 -0500
From: Greer Watson <gwatson2@r.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
This is sad news indeed. Although I never met Bonnie, she was part of each
of the Wars in which I have played; and her contribution was memorable,
indeed. I first met her war persona as The Cousinly Receptionist,
connoisseur of post-it notes. However, last time, she and Bonnie Rutledge
wrote together as independents, and created an incredibly long, wackily
memorable tribute to Greg Kramer that I adored.
Late last summer, Bonnie and I had a fascinating discussion about the
history of her websites. She had recently taken down her fan fiction, since
she was looking for a new job. ("a lot of it is NSFW", as she put it.) She
did say that she thought she'd be putting most of it back up eventually. A
little while later, I came across a few of her stories on the Wayback
Machine. It turned out that these were some of the ones that she'd lost in
a computer crash. At least she was able to read them once more before she
died. I'm glad of that.
After she posted her most recent fic, she told me that she hoped that there
might be another war ("next year sometime - after the holidays"). Sadly, if
we do play again, she won't be there with us.
Greer
gwatson2@r.......
http://www.foreverknight.org/FK4/
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 15:36:46 -0500
From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......>
Subject: Re: Bonnie Pardoe News
Thank you for telling us, Bonnie Rutledge. May she rest in peace in the
light.
Love, McLisa
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:00 PM, brutledge@c.......
<brutledge@c.......> wrote:
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> 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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