Comment on Intellectual Freedom
definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 week agoI hope this doesn’t come off as callous:
What an epic mic drop of your father’s. That’s like something out of a novel/film.
He sounds like a super hoopy frood. Sorry for your loss.
CallMeAl@piefed.zip 1 week ago
Thank you.
He was one of the most disciplined people I’ve ever known. He rarely complained about anything. He spent every minute he could doing what he loved, researching and publishing. He wrote several books include an award winner. He won a Lifetime Achievement award from a prestigious body in his field at 84. He just kept going. At 86 he had nearly lost his eyesight but a doctor was able to restore partial vision, enough for him to continue his work and I never saw him happier. He did what he loved until his last waking moments. Then he closed his eyes and went to sleep, I imagine finally able to relax, all his commitments settled. I hope I get to go out the same way.