I am so saddened to hear about Joan. I earned about her death just now when I did a search for her on Facebook and this posting showed up. She and I were close friends in Ithaca, N.Y., where we went to Cornell and later worked in Ithaca. She was indeed highly intelligent, well read and had a great sense of humor. "Wonderful and brilliant" describes her well.
The photo of Joan that is included here shows her much as I remember her.
She exhibited a flair for planning adventurous trips. Once, on the spur of the moment, she arranged a trip in which we escaped the brutal upstate New York winter weather and flew to Florida and Key West. She gave me a tile that still hangs in my kitchen, showing a stove, a big window with palm trees outside and the caption, "Dreams off the back burner." That sums up how she approached her life.
We grew apart when I moved to California, and I last saw her during a Boston trip 25 years ago. But it's no surprise to read that she was active in the anti-war movement, and she always exhibited a passion for music.
David, thank you for this beautifully written tribute to a remarkable woman. I'll pass the word to my friends who knew her.
A beautiful, heartfelt tribute to a life-long activist. Joan S. Livingston, Présenté!
To David,
I am so saddened to hear about Joan. I earned about her death just now when I did a search for her on Facebook and this posting showed up. She and I were close friends in Ithaca, N.Y., where we went to Cornell and later worked in Ithaca. She was indeed highly intelligent, well read and had a great sense of humor. "Wonderful and brilliant" describes her well.
The photo of Joan that is included here shows her much as I remember her.
She exhibited a flair for planning adventurous trips. Once, on the spur of the moment, she arranged a trip in which we escaped the brutal upstate New York winter weather and flew to Florida and Key West. She gave me a tile that still hangs in my kitchen, showing a stove, a big window with palm trees outside and the caption, "Dreams off the back burner." That sums up how she approached her life.
We grew apart when I moved to California, and I last saw her during a Boston trip 25 years ago. But it's no surprise to read that she was active in the anti-war movement, and she always exhibited a passion for music.
David, thank you for this beautifully written tribute to a remarkable woman. I'll pass the word to my friends who knew her.
Sincerely,
Deborah
An honorable thing to do, providing this tribute to Joan.
So sorry to hear about your loss. She sounds like she was a very committed activist.