John M. Ford, 1957-2006

matociquala called me this morning to tell me that Mike Ford has died, and we had a sort of very small wake over the phone.

I am glad I saw Grim's Fairy Cabaret at Boskone.

I am glad I went to Ask Dr. Mike every chance I got.

I am glad I got him to sign at least a couple of his books, so that I still have that link to him.

I am glad for the evening we spent, at whatever con that was, watching TV in the room, just the two of us.

I am glad that I knew him, glad that he seemed pleased to see me when we met at cons, glad that I got to hug him. Glad that he'd spend half an hour telling me about whatever television show he'd been watching most recently, with digressions into everything under the sun.

And I'm going to miss that--miss him--terribly.

Mike, I hope wherever you are now, the conversation is good.