From my point of view Legal Deposit is a wonderful facility. I send my publications to the British Library and they archive them and conserve them FREE for me.

William

It appears [in the American system] copyright needs to be registered, whereas in the United Kingdom it is free and automatic.

From the Wikipedia article:

They don't keep everything.

It appears copyright needs to be registered, whereas in the United Kingdom it is free and automatic.

So not as good a suggestion from me as it would be in the United Kingdom.

William

Does America have Legal Deposit like we have in the United Kingdom?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_dep … ted_States

If so, and if you so choose, you could publish it as a small Private Press Book and deposit copies as the law requires and it will be conserved by the Legal Deposit library or libraries as long as civilization lasts.

In the United Kingdom the Legal Deposit law also covers electronic publications.

I hope this helps.

William

Alfred wrote:

KarenPL wrote:

An ancient kind of 'cancel culture', I suppose you could say.

It’s no great surprise that ‘cancel culture’ is nothing new.

Alas.

That’s people for you! Some people, anyways.

KarenPL wrote:

An ancient kind of 'cancel culture', I suppose you could say.

It’s no great surprise that ‘cancel culture’ is nothing new.

Alas.

An ancient kind of 'cancel culture', I suppose you could say.

It’s no great surprise that ‘cancel culture’ is nothing new.

Thanks for the update, Lon. I’m sure I’m not the only one here who would be interested to see your pictorial memorialization when you feel ready to share it.

Indeed.

It sounds like a wonderful celebration of Alan's life at the memorial service. The Ancient Egyptians held that as long as a person's name was spoken, and likenesses kept, that individual would live on. That is why enemies would deface images and the hieroglyphic renditions of the names. An ancient kind of 'cancel culture', I suppose you could say.

Your pictorial memorialization, and you and your family talking about Alan's life, ensures that Alan does live on, in hearts and minds.

Wishing you well.

I delivered the limerick to the more immediate family only...about 35 of us gathered...and invited them to lift their imaginary forks, at the end, along with their imaginary pie plates, filled with the imaginary goodness of one of Alan's pies, and to cheer his life, and to cheer the happy memories of having him in our respective lives.  The cheers were loud, the laughter strong, and the tears flowed. It was a great send-off.

I have pictures of the last pie that he and I made together, here at my house in Arkansas, during a visit. Shortly, I'll combine those, the limerick, and a few bits and pieces of other things, and begin the pictorial memorialization of this terrific brother.

Karen, Alfred....

Thank you both for your kind words.  I'll Be speaking with my S-I-L here in a bit, to see if a humorous eulogy fits the services she has planned. As irony would have it, Alan and I spoke by phone just last week, discussing how CraftArtist, and pictures from my siblings various families, would do so much to capture the personhood of each of us, so that 50-years hence, we might be more than just names in a family album, but actual "people" with interests, ideas, lives and loves. He liked that idea, and especially the idea of celebrating each other, not sadly, but perhaps at a pizza place, with beer for everyone, laughter, favorite old stories, events and happenstances. Who knew that it might happen so quickly, and that our very conversation would enter into the discussion of how best to memorialize one, or both of us. He was a heck of a pie maker. But, more than the taste of the pie, were the adventures to find even the best dish for baking the pie. If allowed by his lovely bride, I'll embellish. Of that there can be no doubt. But, the adventures to find the perfect apples, the perfect dish....this is stuff of fall-on-the-floor hilarity, if told correctly. I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks again. You both would have loved Alan in your lives....as most everyone did.

Alan did sound like quite the character - just the kind of person I would have enjoyed interacting with.

I have been to a number of funerals now where emphasis seemed to be placed on humour and celebrating the life, rather than mourning the death. I planned my own funeral many years ago - it just needs someone to direct things as I'll obviously be unavailable, and I suspect that will be something the few who are likely to attend will find 'interesting'.

When this kind of thing happens, it makes us realise how ephemeral life really is, and that it probably is a good idea to live each day to the full, along with your loved ones. I lost a very dear friend last year. He died in June, but I only found out about it in November as I wasn't involved in the online old work network. His sister had hoped that I would have been told by someone as she didn't have my details. But I had spoken with John just a few weeks earlier on his birthday, and we had joked about things as we always did. In one way I was sad that I hadn't had the opportunity to say farewell at his funeral, but sometimes things are just meant to be the way they are.

Our loved ones always live on, in our hearts and our memories. If we have been able to scrapbook things that remind us of them, then that too helps them to live on for those further down the line.

I hope all goes well and Alan receives the most memorable of send-offs.

I lost my only brother some decades ago.  He was only fifty. Everyone expected that I would say something.  I remember having that pressure thrust on me.  I certainly would have welcomed Gemini to help me through it.

I'm sorry for your loss. Any one who can make a good apple pie, surely will be missed.

Thank you both for your kind words.  I'll Be speaking with my S-I-L here in a bit, to see if a humorous eulogy fits the services she has planned. As irony would have it, Alan and I spoke by phone just last week, discussing how CraftArtist, and pictures from my siblings various families, would do so much to capture the personhood of each of us, so that 50-years hence, we might be more than just names in a family album, but actual "people" with interests, ideas, lives and loves. He liked that idea, and especially the idea of celebrating each other, not sadly, but perhaps at a pizza place, with beer for everyone, laughter, favorite old stories, events and happenstances. Who knew that it might happen so quickly, and that our very conversation would enter into the discussion of how best to memorialize one, or both of us. He was a heck of a pie maker. But, more than the taste of the pie, were the adventures to find even the best dish for baking the pie. If allowed by his lovely bride, I'll embellish. Of that there can be no doubt. But, the adventures to find the perfect apples, the perfect dish....this is stuff of fall-on-the-floor hilarity, if told correctly. I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks again. You both would have loved Alan in your lives....as most everyone did.

I am so sorry to read your sad post. My sympathy and condolences to you and your family. Your ode conjures up a wonderful image to me, as an outsider, and I am sure that family will definitely recognise Alan when they hear it.

Most eloquently put, Karen! I am likewise sorry to hear Lon’s sad news, and I send my sympathy and condolences.