More than friends, less than lovers
My longtime close friend Gael lost her battle with cancer on Sunday. Gael and I first met during the 70s in Austin, where we worked together briefly. As most who met Gael, we became friends forever. To say Gael was unique would be a vast understatement. Philosopher, musician, or poet could all be used to describe her, but none really do her justice. Many of you may remember me telling the stories of some of her life/adventures and of her friends. I think you had to actually know her to believe some of the stories, but after meeting, you would have had no doubt they were true. I remember laughing until there were tears in my eyes on numerous occasions. Many of the stories, I probably shouldn’t put in writing here, but catch up with me sometime. She had true life adventures and had this wonderfully carefree attitude towards life. Most of us would have to live to be about 300 to pack the amount of living she had in slightly less than 60 years. In recent years she wrote an on