[His] truck is parked one street over and he’s sitting sideways on the bench seat, facing out through the open driver’s side door. The sun hits him just right, bringing out the sun-bleached gold in his curls. He looks like living summer.
“Hi.” I move between his legs and he leans forward to…
R.I.P. Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, who died today at age 83.
Sendak on death: “I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”
“The whole promise is to do the work.”