The vitality of Cathy Seipp
I know I said I’d post something about Cathy, from me, a few days ago. But I’ve been way too submerged in disgust for the savaging she has had to suffer - first from Eliot Stein, and over the last week, from someone best described - to borrow from what Allan Mayer says later in this post - as one of Cathy’s strays.
And that’s all I’m going to say about that.
I’m just posting this to flag up “A differing opinion,” Tom Christie’s tribute to Cathy from the just-published issue of LA Weekly.
For her friends and readers, Cathy Seipp is that person you think of when [big things] happen — no matter which side you’re on. She’s the one you want to talk to about it, argue over it with, laugh with. She was consistently, truly vital, and there aren’t many people you can say that about.
LA Weekly has also published the full content of Sandra Tsing Loh’s eulogy for Cathy and Allan Mayer’s eulogy for Cathy. From Allan’s:
What she wouldn’t tolerate were cant, sanctimony and bullies. Political correctness enraged her…[S]he believed in the virtue of personal responsibility. I sometimes thought her lacking in sympathy for the less fortunate, but the fact is she spent far more time than me — far more time than most of us — looking out for and taking care of strays, both the two-legged and the four-legged kind.
…And now she is gone. Or at least as gone as one can be who has touched as many lives and brought together as many people as she obviously has.
Filed under: Life
She was a class act. I remember sloopy being banned.
Feeling sorry for him, I sent in $25 to get him unbanned.
To my surprise, she sent me back a personal note thanking me
It may not sound like much, but I think you can often tell
about people from such tiny acts as a Thank You note that
95% of people would not have bothered with.
Jackie:
Now that Pesach, Passover, is almost here, I’d like to share a Passover/ Cathy Seipp Z’L memory with you and your readers.
Several years ago, Cathy and Maia attended a Passover seder at our home. Cathy was not a religious Jew, but she was fiercely proud of being Jewish and took part in every Passover ritual with full Cathy zest. At the time, Our son Ariel was still alive. Cathy and Maia asked Ariel tons of questions about the rituals. Which one is supposed to do on Passover. The give and take that night was just… magical.
It was a night my family will always remember and cherish. There were no hard edges to Cathy on that seder night. She was relaxed, she was happy, she was free from the bondage of everyday slavery. And that is how we shall always remember Cathy Seipp.
I remember sloopy being banned.
Feeling sorry for him, I sent in $25 to get him unbanned
That was you??? I always wondered who it was! We’re long lost donating-for-annoying-commenter-brothers! Weird!!