Sonia is gone. I didn't know her, but wish I had...

The blogosphere (also at USA Today and PBS) is the most web-like community of the Web's many communities. All blogs are related, connected, forming an interlaced mesh of bloggers, blog readers and blog friends. If one could map the entire blogosphere, I suspect it would look like a classic Small World.

On these blog-things, people type words, send their words out to the world, and other people read the words. The bloggers discuss their lives, their work, their spouses, children and bosses. They share with the world their highs and lows, the banal and the provocative, who they're sleeping with and why Fantasia should win American Idol. And they share their feelings about the deaths of their dearest friends.

I've been a long time occasional visitor to Ana Voog's web site (anacam.com) and her live journal (blog). Ana is an artistic and creative sort, who's been blogging since before it was so named. Her site is "THE INTERNET'S FIRST 24/7 life+art cam!" (her words).

Ana gets synthetic hair extensions at a salon called Hair Police. The proprietor, Sonia Peterson, was a close and dear friend to Ana. Sonia passed away on April 23. Ana was devastated. As was everyone who knew Sonia. It seems that Sonia blessed the lives of all who knew her.

Now, I live in Maryland, hundreds of miles away from Minneapolis (the home of Ana and Sonia). I have never met Sonia, nor anyone who knows her. However, by traversing this filigree of blogs, I have read what Sonia's friends think of her, how they miss her and how they grieve for her. How they loved (also here) her. After reading tributes to Sonia and articles about her, I've come to believe that my life is somehow less complete for having not met her.

To all who knew Sonia: I grieve (also listed under Charlene) with you from afar for your loss and wish great, warm hugs upon you all. I thank you for sharing your memories and your love of Sonia Peterson. She is missed. Her passing creates a void in this universe that reaches far beyond Minneapolis, a void that you have partly filled with words of wonder, joy, love and hope.

I didn't know Sonia, but my life is slightly more complete for having shared a bit of her through your words.

Too long since my last post; and an update to a previous post

Geeeez... I can't believe it's been a month since my last post...

I have an update to a previous post: it would seem that Elena may have been stretching the truth just a bit.

In a posting to the e-POSHTA Yahoo Group, Mary Mycio says that Elena's story is mostly fabricated and is factually inacurate. Her post is reproduced as a forum article at the Urban Exploration Resource site.