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Thread: ken - R.I.P.
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rolyn
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So very sorry to hear this news , and for being late in catching up on it due to a IT probs.
I always enjoyed reading ken's opinions . His valuable knowledge and analysis of history was also much appreciated .
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Og: Thread Killer
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He inspired me to think through my faith more. A beer will be raised here on the 13th for sure.
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Sir Kevin
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I am so sorry he's gone, Persephone. We of the remaining high posters shall miss him horribly. I always enjoyed his witty comments and was sorry not to have met him when we were in England in 2007...
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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Sir Kevin
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Is it not possible to see some of his more memorable posts?
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Banner Lady
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Another to share in the great shipmeet beyond the edge of this world. May his memory be eternal, and his glass ever full.
I am guessing the global wake for those of us left sadly behind has commenced. I'm sure the thought of a mexican wave of raised glasses would make him smile.
May the Spirit of comfort enfold us all.
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Kelly Alves
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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
I am guessing the global wake for those of us left sadly behind has commenced. I'm sure the thought of a mexican wave of raised glasses would make him smile.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif) Perfect, BL.
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Hugal
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Very sorry to hear the news. He will be missed around here
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quetzalcoatl
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I'll be lifting a glass tonight in memory of Ken. Didn't know him that well, but I liked what I found.
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Derf
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I heard this news earlier in the week but am only just back online. I have no words to add to what has already been said, but add my prayers, especially for those who loved Ken most dearly.
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Deputy Verger
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Really sorry to hear this - another one to have noticed it on Facebook first. Sad loss of a fun guy and a fellow South Londoner. I will try to be there on Friday 13th. Prayers for his nearest and dearest and of course for him to RIP and RIG.
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Telepath
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I have been away from the Ship for a few days and have come back to find this.
Ken has always been here. He was a good man, who had conviction. We can't be without him. The Ship won't be what it was, any more.
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Nenuphar
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for Ken and all who love him. May he rest in peace and rise in glory, and may light perpetual shine upon him. God bless you all.
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Hiro's Leap
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Horrible sad news.
I sometimes mentioned the Ship to friends, and Ken was the name that would pop up most often. His depth of knowledge, his passion and his blunt honesty were all amazing.
Deepest condolences to his loved ones.
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Pine Marten
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Though I never met ken I was hoping to come to the funeral as I'm in north London, but Mr Marten and I will have just arrived in York for a week's holiday at 12pm on the 13th - I'll remember him in spirit and hopefully raise a glass to his memory on the Friday evening.
Ken and his family are on the prayer list at church
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The Black Labrador
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I haven't been on the Ship for a while, but am greatly saddened to hear this. Ken was a great shipmate and a very friendly and engaging person to talk to at shipmeets.
My condolences to his family and friends.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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That was beautiful and very moving.
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Ariel
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That has to be one of the most moving things I've read. Bless you, and God keep you safe: I'm so sorry for your loss.
Hang on in there. I wish you peace and comfort and will be thinking of you on June 13th.
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scuffleball
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?!!
...I was hoping I might meet ken some time at gbelt ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
http://youtu.be/XP0VF9SYtIE
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Trisagion
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Originally posted by Persephone Hazard:
I don't know if this blog post I wrote about his death will be of any interest to any of you, but I thought I'd link it here anyway in case it was.
Thank you thank you, thank you.
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Chocoholic
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Thank you so much for sharing that with us Persephone. I hope the writing was helpful to you too.
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Japes
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Thank you, Persephone.
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Blog may or may not be of any interest.
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Amos
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Thank you, Persephone. You're your father's daughter.
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At the end of the day we face our Maker alongside Jesus--ken
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Qoheleth.
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Thank you, Persephone.
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Stephen
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Very sad to hear this news - Ken's posts were always well informed and interesting. He will be very sadly missed
and thank you for sharing, Persephone
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'Be still,then, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations and I will be exalted in the earth' Ps46 v10
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Ariel:
That has to be one of the most moving things I've read ...
Same here.
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quetzalcoatl
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A wonderful piece, Persephone, so much love pouring through you, through him, through everything.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Wow. Thank you.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Mamacita
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Thank you, Persephone. A beautiful piece of writing. God bless.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Great piece. Something to help all of us.
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Curiosity killed ...
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That's such a moving blog post, Persephone.
I'm not sure this is much help, but the last thing he said to me on the Thursday night was: Where's my daughter? where 's [name]? ~ which I took as a sign he'd had enough and I should go.
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Martin60
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Adeodatus
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Like some others, I'm also returning to the Ship after a week away. My previous post was a first reaction written during a brief period of having internet access. I'm catching up with this thread now, praying for you, Persephone and busyknitter and all who loved ken IRL, and thinking how impoverished the Ship will be without him.
Persephone, that's a beautiful piece of writing. Thank you. As Amos said, you truly come across as your father's daughter.
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Is it not possible to see some of his more memorable posts?
Would a "ken's best posts" thread be appropriate, Hosts? Or is it too soon? I was googling for some of my best memories of his writing earlier, and found his opinion on the music we'll hear in Heaven:
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JS Bach on keyboards, Jimi Hendrix on guitar, John Coltrane on sax... Mozart is the roadie.
(With a nice dig at Mozart, whom ken described as "truly great, but not the greatest" ![[Biased]](wink.gif) )
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Dave Marshall
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As someone else who doesn't spend much time here now I missed this until last night. ken took a while to work out that I wasn't the enemy, but I think we settled on a respectful accommodation of each others' position. We almost met at Greenbelt; now I'm left wishing I'd made the effort.
[ 25. May 2014, 12:28: Message edited by: Dave Marshall ]
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Pure Sunshine
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Ken was one of those shipmates whose posts I always made a special point of reading - proof that quantity does not necessarily come at the expense of quality! I was continually astounded by the sheer range of subjects on which he was an expert - not to mention the wit with which he wrote about them. Such a huge loss to the ship.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Adeodatus, This is what we did for kenwritez. Please feel free to start a similar thread, if you wish. I'd do it myself, but don't want to risk an iPad disaster.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Socratic-enigma
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My condolences to Ken's family on this very sad news.
He will be greatly missed.
S-E
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Martin60
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I never come up to All Saints, so it was coincidence that I did two days ago.
I was saddened. And now I'm more so. I want to cry. But I don't because my wife's here. I wanted to tell her I was sad on Saturday (I can always hide it) because a friend I'd never met had died.
Ken was my friend.
He was there while I caught up.
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Rosa Winkel
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Aw man, this is gutting. I got this news while on holiday in Italy. Just got back. Yesterday I saw a bird that I have no idea what it is, and remembered a time when I saw some kind of stilt in Bulgaria and he popped up on Facebook telling me more about them; I would have hoped that I could ask him what this bird was, birds being one of many subjects he knew a lot about.
Our first discussions here were argumentative, but as time when on I got to respect him a lot, and on Facebook he came across as a totally sound guy, same as here. I'd never thought that socialism can go with libertarianism, and it was his words that took me to Marxist-Anarchism.
May be rest in peace and rise in glory.
(It would be good, if it hasn't been done already, to have a ship service of remembrance, like what happened for Erin)
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jedijudy
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Persephone, that was just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
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nickel
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I'm so sorry
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Persephone Hazard
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quote:
Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I'm not sure this is much help, but the last thing he said to me on the Thursday night was: Where's my daughter? where 's [name]? ~ which I took as a sign he'd had enough and I should go.
I'm not sure what the timings were - what time you were there, who came when, all that - but if that was the Thursday right before the Monday on which he died there's a very real chance that was the last full sentence he spoke. After that it was all single words and mumbled syllables.
I am, I confess, crying almost too hard to type.
[ 26. May 2014, 22:09: Message edited by: Persephone Hazard ]
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A picture is worth a thousand words, but it's a lot easier to make up a thousand words than one decent picture. - ken.
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Celtic Knotweed
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![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
It's taken me a week to be able to read the thread, as I'm usually reading at work - not a good plan with this one. If we could get to the wake we would. Instead, Sandemaniac and I will raise a beer or 3 to him that evening.
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Dormouse
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Beautiful writing Persephone.
God bless.
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