tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post4220486468709580984..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Oliver Sacks, RIPbethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-34507717726685061702015-08-30T19:37:40.819-07:002015-08-30T19:37:40.819-07:00I read some of his latest, his autobiography, in w...I read some of his latest, his autobiography, in which he told how when he was a teenager and his mother learned he had homosexual leanings, she told him he was a vile abomination. He wrote that he was forty years celibate and only recently found a great love. And yet he lived with the most open, loving, generous spirit toward all living creatures. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-65506021967699763802015-08-30T18:40:32.038-07:002015-08-30T18:40:32.038-07:00His writing was consistently humane and celebrated...His writing was consistently humane and celebrated the quirks and differences of personality, didn't it? A rare bird, maybe flying for a time in the company of Andrew Solomon who also asks us to think about the richness of diversity. Not just colour and nationality but all the beautiful differences our species is capable of (and even gifted with). I'll miss his work but am so glad to have his books.theresahttp://www.theresakishkan.comnoreply@blogger.com