Thank you to everyone who paid tribute to my brother David, alias “Zooknoone,” in Carson City on Thursday and Friday (and also today — a drumming circle/life celebration has been scheduled in town.)”Zook,” my big brother, a musician, writer, and field adjuster by trade, passed away on March 27 after emergency open-heart surgery. All of us miss him terribly. (please see remembrances below, and thank you so much for your kind words about my brother. I will continue to update this and file your messages about him as they come in.) My brother Phil — who is a very gifted writer — read a tribute, I shared a few words of my own, and we spent time with UCSD pals of Zooknoone, including John and Youndy. My mother and father made the trip out from southern California. A storm blew up over the Sierra Nevada almost immediately after the gathering. It was enough to powder up the mountains, almost blow the yarmulke (skullcap) off my father’s head, and force drivers to put chains on all four tires up on Highway 80 over Donner Pass, but we were able to punch through on the 50. David thrived in the Eastern Sierra landscape, especially in spring when the weather warmed up but occasional flurries still lit up the mountains. He would have loved the way the land looked on Friday morning.
I expect the blog to sreturn to relative normal — if you can call this blog ‘normal — very soon, but thank you for your continuing emails, tributes and messages.