Here's to my wonderful grandfather, Karl Massanari, who passed away this evening amidst family and friends. I'm going to miss his kind and generous spirit.
Late Fragment
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
- Raymond Carver
Our connection was almost soapoperatic--my wife is his wife's great niece. I only met him once, but I will miss him. He was a very interesting and talented man.