EULOGY FOR BARNABAS

The CFZ really is like a bizarre family, and every day I feel more and more like Jubal Harshaw. It is surprising how fond one can get of people who one has only met a few times in the flesh, but to whom one talks every day. And like any family we share in our joys and our sadnesses, and I really want to share this sad time with Naomi in Texas who writes:

I am so sad tonight. Probably very few people would understand, but my husband I have grown very attached to a large toad that has hung around our house for a few months now. He has probably lived here longer than that, but in the past few weeks he grew more and more familiar with us and could be found on the back porch every morning and night. Read On