Thanks Autumn. The rest of us are involved in much the same process.

Interesting background story. Thank you for providing it. No doubt others will eagerly return as soon as they get back in the habit of checking.

2020 is a tough year to be grieving, since so many things are done alone.

No, the grief doesn't go away. But I am so very grateful to you, Autumn, for sharing your memories and for setting the stage back up for all of us. I have sorely missed TGB, as I will always miss Ronni, so it is a great gift to think that those of us who understand one another will be able to gather here together again. Thank you.

Hugs to you Autumn.
And thank you for cherishing Ronni.

I’m so glad to read you took time for you - as I’m sure we all have in processing grief. I know I miss her - brought home so graphically in my emotions when I saw ‘Ronni had posted...’.

Lots of love from across the pond.

Hugs, Autumn.

Thanks for the nice remembrance.

So grateful you shared with us....who also loved Ronni, though without ever having met her personally. How fortunate you are, And how revealing yourself, and inviting us into your world of memories and interests, you are encircling with love again Ronni’s friends.

Reading your words helps with the sorrow. Thank you. Go gently.

Thank you, Autumn. It is a beautiful remembrance.
Merry Christmas.

Lots of grief all around but wonderful memories if we're lucky.

I was so thrilled to see the TGB subject line this morning! Thanks so much, Autumn, for continuing the blog, and for adding your own story and memories of Ronni to the chain. I didn't realize how much I missed Ronni and this community until silence descended.

With love and gratitude and best holiday wishes to you all!

I grieve right along with you, Autumn. Ronni was special and I wish I had met her in real life.

Thank you, Autumn, for returning to this comforting communal space that's meant so much to so many for so long. Reading your beautiful post it's easy to see how you and Ronni were so special to each other; your sensibilities are so similar. I can only imagine how much you must miss her. Wishing you -- and all of us -- a brighter year ahead.

I was pleased to see TGB in my email today. Several times I've checked ... have you posted, have I missed it? I am sorry for your loss, Autumn; Ronni leaves a big space here, in this blog, let alone the loss to you - who knew and loved her for much of your life. Thank you for picking up the baton. I look forward to getting to know you.

Thank you Autumn for returning to us. Just this morning I thought of Ronni and how much I missed reading her blog and then your email popped up- a Christmas gift!

Thank you also for your background story, as someone mentioned - only time helps to relieve our grief.

What did give me a start though was to see Shickshinny and Mocanaqua in print- coming from that neck o’ the woods myself! Made me smile.

Blessings for a better year ahead.

Such a leap to the heart to see TGB in my Inbox! Followd by deep sorrow at your loss and ours. Then, a wish to see more about Ronni - a virtual memorial service where those of us who cherished our time with her can share stories of what she meant to us. I long to know how others found their way to the blog, how long they have been a part of it, what of Ronni's writng meant the most to them , what they will carry away from having her very special presence in their lives.

We are all old enough to have lost some of our nearest and dearest, , and to know that telling and hearing memories from those who cared as we did is healing. Perhaps a blog dedicated to Remembering Ronni? After which, we will continue to live in /relish in the present as she wished us to?

Welcome, Autumn, and thank you for your post. I'm looking forward to reading more of your own thoughts about...whatever. Best of luck in this endeavor, which must be daunting in so many ways!

Welcome, Autumn and thank you for continuing this blog.

Never heard of Shickshinny and Mocanaqua, but love their names which I gather have Native American relevance.

Fitting that you posted to begin this next chapter of Ronni's blog on Solstice, with continuing light emerging going forward.

And will Peter and Norma be giving us musical interludes?

Sorry...Autumn, not Amber!

So glad to see and read your post. It will get easier and that is good because the memories are always there. I'm looking forward to seeing your blog.
thank you for carrying on.
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Finding TGB in the mail today was a JOY. Thank you so very much to continuing Ronni's blog. Welcome, Autumn, looking forward to 2021 with TGB and you!

Autumn
An intake of breath when I saw the email! How wonderful of you to share your history and to undertake this job. Thank you and looking forward to the continuation of the blog.

Autumn, I am glad to know that you took the time you needed to grieve. Your story about the loss of your dad is reminiscent of my own experience. Watching my strong hero of a father decline was incredibly hard. I'll second Ali's wish that you all have a happy holiday season, even during this difficult time. Looking forward to better times ahead.

I totally understand. I've been thinking, these past few days, of friends and family I have lost in the past years. It is hard.

It was a little jarring to see Time Goes By pop up in my email inbox even though I knew you'd be carrying it along, Thank you. I was missing the stimulating morning ritual of Ronni. What a remarkable woman. She gave me a kind of companionship lacking in my everyday life, coming from a family that never talked politics, religion or even morality. Open conversation. The sharing of ideas and new information. I miss her, but am glad you are taking TGB on for a sacred kind of continuity albeit now your own version. Thank you. If Ronni loved you, I love you too. Happy Solstice.

With my morning "wake-up" cup of coffee, it was my habit to check the e-mails. I was taken aback to see the headline on your posting today. And, I was given a "mental hug" because of it!

Autumn... thank you!

If all of we "Ronni groupies" were gathered together, physically that is, we would need a pretty big space I think. Maybe start another Woodstock?

I cannot remember how or when I first became acquainted with the blog... but I have certainly missed it... the sharing among like-minded people (and sometimes those of opposite opinions too!)

It would be interesting to learn more about one another, I think. Backgrounds, careers, and current ages... I am at the age (91) where I often say "I have more friends who are dead than alive!" Although I so much miss those friends, I am comforted with the thought that I will see them again one day. And that includes the friends I have never met!

I'm glad you took the time for yourself to heal and come to terms with Roni's loss and all that it means to you.
It's good to have you here.

Thank you. We all still miss Ronni, but it feels really good knowing you’re going to keep the blog going.
Marsha

I'm impressed by how many read and immediately replied. I think we were all missing Ronni and one another and all delighted to see the email header—so delighted that many of us read this item first!

So a question: Is it Autumn to whom we're speaking? Please consider your own permalink. You've earned it, and it's less confusing for us. But continuing on, thank you for getting in touch. I wonder whether you intend to continue, whether you'll want to offer all of the information that Ronni has always given us. (It might be nice to share your research on the Corona Virus vaccine and how we're to get nicely into line to receive it. I am happy to wait patiently, but no one seems to know how we might plan ahead.

Good news for most everyone: your Social Security checks will grow a bit in January. It's 1.5% for most of us. Certainly not much, but a little something. Check to see whether your Part B expense is also rising the same amount. That's a trick the feds pull on us, but not on all. I don't know the rules. That would be interesting too.

Not that I'm sending prompts, but I'd send the same to Ronni. Thanks again for doing this. Makes a nice Christmas week.

What an absolute joy to see your posting today Autumn. Missing Ronni, and the community, has been hard but I am so glad you followed your friends wise advice to take time for yourself. Blessings to you and all the people that follow this wonderful blog, I have missed you all.

oh my! like others, i was so startled/pleased to see this email in my inbox! i have gathered from your post (and from everyone's responses to it) who you are -- so pleased to meet you. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.

Great to see the blog back, Autumn. My wife's dad passed in his sleep last year. He was only 8 years older than me (my wife is 11 yrs. younger than I) so I never was his "son". We became good friends, though. He will be missed and it has been a difficult time for my wife and her sister. My Dad passed in 1990; we'd spent most of life apart. Good luck with your future. B

Dear Autumn,
I about jumped out of my skin when I saw the "Time Goes By" headline in my inbox!
What a gift to get this Christmas week! Thank you so much for coming back to us readers on this Solstice Day.
And thank you, Midori, for recalling for us Ronni's exact words about " a really nice place..."
Love to everyone here and especially you, Autumn, Ronni's wonderful friend.

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Dear Autumn, thank you for your beautiful posting, honest about who you are and a heartfelt tribute to your relationship with Ronni.

If I may say so, she would be proud of you for picking up Time Goes By in the winter season, when we need a lift and a shot of hope. You do justice to her memory by resuming her website and keeping her community connected.

Ronni was very supportive of my writing endeavors and published some of my pieces over the last year. I am deeply grateful to her for her generosity. She was a role model to me.

If you will be taking submissions sometime in the future, be assured I will dedicate my writing to Ronni.

Thank you for sharing. Grief is just one step at a time.

SO glad to see you and TGB this morning, Autumn! Joni Mitchell (I think) was right: "you never know what you've got 'til it's gone". TGB was a part of my life for 10 years, more or less. Ronni and I didn't always agree on the "joys" of old age, but I always looked forward to her posts, as I will to yours. Thank you for keeping TGB going. It's really quite a remarkable online community that Ronni created.

I think I recall Peter saying that he would be retiring his Sunday music column when Ronni left us. My husband loves music and was really into them--many thanks to Peter and Norma.

Sometimes it takes a long time to be/get ready.

I love this group and am so happy, Autumn, that you will be hosting it! It is such a joy to have "long-time-friends" (a term I got from a delightful children's book about meeting "little-while-friends" and "long-time-friends." ) as well as "little-time-friends" and now "online friends!"
On Veteran's Day I lost one of my best friends to a sudden brain aneurism. Although it occurred in a doctor's office while she was getting tests taken in prep for a knee surgery, there was nothing the doctors could do. She was 63.

We had been "besties" since we were 18 and talked frequently and saw each other several times a year even though I live in Mesa and she was in Seattle. I still find myself thinking I will go pick up my phone and give her a call to share something! I'm sure that you- and many of us on this page - find yourself doing the same. You are not alone.

i am so glad your back and feel like posting. Your story was wonderful. I am so glad you and Ronni were so close. I am looking forward to reading more of your stories. Thank you for keeping this going.

Thank you Autumn, so wonderful that you’re back and ready. I think of Ronni often, it’s an especially difficult loss in this difficult year. Look forward to hearing more from and about you and wishing you a joyful holiday.
Peter Tibbles, if you read this, could you be persuaded to post once in a while? I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that I really, really miss you.

Was incredibly happy to see TGB in my Inbox again this morning. We had a brief introduction to you when Ronni died and then nothing. It's such a habit to read TGB first thing in the morning and I've missed it, Ronni, and all my "friends" more than I thought possible.

Welcome back, and as many have already said, looking forward to getting to know you better.

My younger brother died of a GBM 21 years ago and I still miss him terribly. He was part of experimental medications at that time, not so much for himself, but in hopes that it would prolong other victims of GBM in the future.

Thank you Autumn for continuing Ronni's tradition.💜💜💜

Surprised and delighted to see TGB in my inbox. I hadn't realized how much I'd missed it until your post showed up. Thank you for the backstory of your relationship with R. Hugs for you, Autumn.

Thank you Autumn. So good to see the blog in my email. Looking forward very much to more.

Hi Autumn,
Like others, so happy to see you here! Looking forward to what this brings to you and to us.
We all feel the loss and grieve with you.

I totally enjoyed finding out about how you met Ronni—but I am curious, Autumn—why was Ronni coming to interview your family?
Looking forward to more editions of the blog when you can. Don’t feel like you have to write an entire column—simple observations are fine for awhile.
Welcome back,

Thank you, Autumn. As the days after Solstice lengthen, I hope you find increased comfort in memories of shared times with all those you have cared for. Blessings

Autum,
Thank you so much for sharing your story. It is heart warming. The fact you are taking some time to miss your dearest friend is to your credit. I am not sure if sharing grief makes the burden lighter...if it does, we are here. This group will be responsive ad lively and I hope you will engage with us in any way that serves you.

Keep safe and have as good a Holiday as possible. May there be better times ahead. This year seriously sucked! Here's to a brighter 2021, for all of us.

This is a heart breaking post and Autumn, you are bold to share your emotions and circumstances, like Ronni did. She would be proud of you, of course. My dear hubby, Will, died four years ago, so I know heart break too. I am surprised to find joy in my life again, much of it due to my faith in Jesus. I will continue to visit your/Ronni's blog.

Clearly these have not been easy days for you. I am so sorry you’ve had these losses in your life. I think of your father and how difficult that experience would have been for him, you and loved ones, as I provided speech-language-swallowing therapy to a couple men coping with GBM who I especially remember.

I’m sure Ronni’s unexpected diagnosis, ultimate successful surgery, then medical turn of events must have seemed like a rollercoaster ride not only for her but you, too. I’ve certainly felt great sorrow through this and my relationship with Ronni was only through this blog. She was responsively comforting at the time of my husband’s unexpected sudden death. The strange thing for me is I thought I was providing her support as she weathered the sale of her Greenwich Village abode, the Maine experience, then move to Oregon.

I welcome your continuing this blog however you choose to pursue this, however frequent you may write here, whatever topics you may choose to introduce. As I told Ronni, I offer my support, shared many of her ideas for how she envisioned this blog. Feel free to contact me for any reason. Do take good care of yourself.

Autumn, thank you. It hurts so much to lose those who are tightly woven into our lives. Your deep friendship obviously meant the world to you both. Nothing can take from you the gift of that friendship. Please accept my condolences. I wish you peace of mind. You couldn’t have done more. Bless you.