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Avi is 75 years old today. He is well and alive and continues to teach and support me every step of the way, as I am sure he does for many of you. When I talk about him and people say "he sounds amazing; I wish I had met him", I say immodestly " you just did. I am full of him". (Which btw is like being full of myself, only a lot better).

I carry him with me wherever I go. He is part of my daily reality. I draw strength from feeling his love (still!) and I share with the world, restate,…

Miss you Avinash.

AviBob's memorial tomorrow will be in the same place where we had his memorial service a year ago and where we had several poetry recitations, which is on the campus of the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center, which is at 300 Enola Road in Morganton. It's right by and very visible from Interstate 40 at Exit 104. It looks rather like a college campus. If U take exit 104…

a wonderful life, indeed

a beautiful life, most certainly

a life touched by the hand of a saint.

What can I say? He saved my life with his compassion. The shock has subsided I believe, so I'd like to introduce myself to the community. I'm Josh Carter, fellow life traveler and philosopher. Such words I could use to illustrate Bob's great plan, but that would be against his nature. His poetry and his teachings said it all,

my favorite such phrase he fondly passed over to me was;

The sun is there, I can see it. But, should it suddenly die, we wouldn't know for 8 minutes.…

You are not like him

I suspected that

You were just like him

Someone I could trust

A true shining light

Of perpetual "thereness"

I cannot judge you

For being a beast

It's in all of us

You let me down hard

It doesn't mean much

It is my own job

To have the whole world

To believe in peace

The rain will still rain

The mountains still…