To the editor: Thank you for two edifying stories in the places where we generally hope to see bad news. The first article was on the main page! The reporter Corinne Purtill wrote about Lindsay Brant, a nurse who was in charge of starting community, a group that honors death with love, palliative care and even the relaxing music of a live choir ('appearance and sharing': how a Ucu Ucla helps patients and staff to live with death with death “, March 20).
Secondly, in the opinion section, Susan Straight gives us: “A definitive look south of California”, in honor of the memory of Douglas McCloh, whose photographs complete his piece.
What a joy to read the newspaper and leave inspired. As the Indian poet Mirabai wrote: “God has a special interest in women, since they can take this world to his chest and help him comfort.”
Alicia Rowe, Riverside
