It is a special blessing when at such a gathering of like-minded spirits, one meets a particular person with whom one just "clicks". On the first full day, at the Reps' Meeting, I met Maggi Birchenough. We sat next to each other much of day, and spent a great deal of time together over the course of the Conference. Then we kept in touch...right through the devastating news of her cancer, to as recently as a few days ago, when I got confirmation she'd received my Easter card.
Not only a Co-Rep, Maggi was a key person posting to the Europe/Middle East SAQA Region's blog, and was working on having a SAQA Trunk Show for the Region -- asking about my experience with it here in Western Canada.
A talented artist, Maggi had her own blog, and also was a Resident Artist on the popular blog, "And Then We Set it on Fire", where she posted a series of surface design tutorials in July 2015.
We'd hoped that I would be able to squeeze in a visit to her on the way up to Scotland on my trip planned for 2017...
So...why go to a Conference?
Margaret and Maggi Portland, OR, April 2015 |
Oh Maggi, I hardly knew ye...but I will miss you.
Rest peacefully, my friend.
*NOTE: This post is a copy of the one I wrote for SAQA Western Canada.
1 comment:
Such sad news. I'm glad you had the opportunity to touch each others lives.
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