{"id":4879,"date":"2016-12-28T22:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T22:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2016-12-29T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T17:10:15","slug":"be-kind-to-the-living-before-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=4879","title":{"rendered":"Honour the living…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candye, me, Maritza & Teresa. Photo: Josef Roehrl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…join our Be Kind to the Living Club.<\/p>\n

Lots of ill will toward 2016, many expressing relief at its impending demise. I came across an article<\/a> that suggests blaming a year is like blaming God. Anthropomorphism certainly, but we have endured and lost more than most arbitrary passages of time including my dear friend Candye Kane<\/a>. Yesterday I posted; \u201cI wish people would pay tribute before<\/em> someone dies,\u201d and it has elicited quite a response. Paulette Turcotte suggested we should start a club. \u201cWhat would we call it,\u201d I replied, \u201cBe Kind to the Living?\u201d Alice Major said, \u201cWell, we all need deadlines to get things done.\u201d So funny, so true. I do find it hypocritical, and irritating, to watch people bash each other until one passes, when suddenly, he or she is a saint.<\/p>\n

The discussion evolved into the types of send-offs we imagine upon reaching our expiry date. My inclination is to slip out quietly; have my body cremated and no funeral, or whatever they\u2019re called these days. I won’t be there so what\u2019s the point? If I leave any legacy it will be my son and perhaps some writings.<\/p>\n

Stephen Roxborough reminded me that he produced an anthology devoted to bill bisset called Radiant Danse Uv Being. <\/a> \u201cAn eclectic, energetic tribute to one of our most courageous and unconventional writers.” It is also beautiful and I was privileged to attend the launch, with bill and all his admirers. In fact, I had money then and purchased one of his \u201cexcellent\u201d paintings which still illuminates my living room.<\/p>\n

And as host, producer and musical director Mark Bignell pointed out, he honours our musical heroes on his CFRO Bandcouver<\/em><\/a> show every week and female artists-including moi\/AURAL Heather-on She-Boom!<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then Jason Flower chimed in with, \u201cI pay tribute to Heather Haley!\u201d Yes! Jason and his record label, Supreme Echo<\/a> are soon to release my first band the Zellots on vinyl. For two years we tried to track down the master tape of the demo, to no avail so wound up using a beat up old cassette I\u2019d been carrying around for decades. Apparently his engineer “Josh of Octic Sound,” pulled off a miracle and managed to restore the songs. Designers are currently working hard to do the same with a gig poster and other printed materials. Better late than never. I’m so grateful and indeed feel appreciated.<\/p>\n

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…join our Be Kind to the Living Club. Lots of ill will toward 2016, many expressing relief at its impending demise. I came across an article that suggests blaming a year is like blaming God. Anthropomorphism certainly, but we have endured and lost more than most arbitrary passages of time including my dear friend Candye […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}