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January 19, 2022
OregonMuse
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We got the worst possible news...our friend and coblogger OregonMuse passed away yesterday afternoon (1/18/2022).
He was surrounded by his family, and the last contact I had from him he was his usual combative and optimistic self...sure that he was going to beat Covid.
OregonMuse has been the proprietor (his wonderful term) of the Book Thread forever! He put his deft and interesting touch on it and it has become a fixture on AoSHQ. His Morning Rant was his usual combination of sometimes savage observation tempered with what one can only describe as kindness! Not toward his targets, but for everything else...
He even created a devoted following for the Chess Thread. How many political blogs can boast of an accomplished amateur chess player doing a weekly post?
I have nothing but fond memories of him...his relentless optimism coupled with that wonderful perspective that amazed me every single time I read his rants.
I did a search of my emails, and I have hundreds from him...seemingly every single one had that spark of hopefulness and sanguinity that was his marvelous signature.
He will be missed by all....
HaMakom y'nachem etchem b'toch sh'ar a'vaylay Tzion v'Y'rushalayim
[May the Omnipresent comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem]