Belle of the ball

Maybe Diana remembers the occasion?

Lisa with Luke and Jack

This picture was taken last thanksgiving

Fun with Hillsbourogh Heafeys

A Poem for Lisa by Charles Baudelaire

What Will You Say Tonight, Poor Solitary Soul

What will you say tonight, poor solitary soul,
What will you say, my heart, heart once so withered,
To the kindest, dearest, the fairest of women,
Whose divine glance suddenly revived you?

— We shall try our pride in singing her praises:
There is nothing sweeter than to do her bidding;
Her spiritual flesh has the fragrance of Angels,
And when she looks upon us we are clothed with light.

Be it in the darkness of night, in solitude,
Or in the city street among the multitude,
Her image in the air dances like a torch flame.

Sometimes it speaks and says: "I am fair, I command
That for your love of me you love only Beauty;
I am your guardian Angel, your Muse and Madonna."

— William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)

Thanksgiving

I am thankful that I had Lisa for a friend for the last 27 years.
Thankful for all the memories I will always have.
Thankful for ways she changed me for the better.
Thankful for all the friends and family that stood by her.

School picture

Lisa in Italy

Pictures from Jennifer Clinard.

Pulchinella Mask

Lisa hand-made this leather face mask in the style of Donato Sartori, Italian sculptor and mask-maker. It's the Commedia Dell'Arte character, Pulchinella, and it was worn proudly in the  troupe that we had with fellow UVMers Jon Bourne and Paul Ugalde. New Haven, 1980.