Tim and I first met in South Carolina in the late 70’s. He was a close friend of my wife Jeani and her whole family. In fact, he ended up marrying a cousin of Jeani’s whom he met at our wedding! We also got into the dharma around the same time and along with that familial connection, we enjoyed a number of years of various and sundry incarnations of the Columbia, SC Dharmadhatu. Tim was a sharp, cheerful and energetic guy, always fun to hang around with but also able to manifest precision and discipline organizing center programs and events. He had the rare ability to be fun and reliable! Having moved to Indiana, not exactly a hotbed of dharmic activity, I can only imagine how difficult it was for him to maintain connection, but he did. Jeani and I had planned a trip to SC and I’m so grateful that we were able to go to Asheville and visit him just before he died. It was difficult for him to speak and his consciousness was sometimes with us and other times somewhere else, but a shared sacred moment altogether. Farewell old friend and dharma brother. Maybe catch you on the next one.