January 14, 2026
January 14th, 2026 Coming over Highway 17 into Los Gatos, timing the journey so we’d get a perfect spot in Winterland. Timing the trip so the acid would peak midway through the Dead’s show. The bass hits hard on the opening chords of “Sugar Magnolia” and you shouted, “Phil Lesh is a God!” You turned…
January 14th, 2026 Coming over Highway 17 into Los Gatos, timing the journey so we’d get a perfect spot in Winterland. Timing the trip so the acid would peak midway through the Dead’s show. The bass hits hard on the opening chords of “Sugar Magnolia” and you shouted, “Phil Lesh is a God!” You turned…
You asked me to write about what it is like having a partner with ALS. You want to know what it is like to be in my shoes. As a former Legislative Counsel, I can tell you that, legally, “a” is read as “any.” So, you have actually asked me what it is like having…
Shepherd Siegel died on January 14 after a valiant struggle with ALS, surrounded by family and friends. His partner Susan Leslie accompanied him with love and devotion throughout his illness. She survives him, along with his sisters Adena Siegel (Steve Soklin) and Gretta Siegel, and nephew Leo Stein. Born in Chicago in 1953, the family…
A Eulogy for Shep The first word is ALS. ALS is certainly a big presence in this major life moment for all of us. I’d like to acknowledge how much it sucks. Shep came to my New Year’s Eve party as we rolled the calendar from 2023 to 2024. It was the kind of party…
January 14, 2025 Dearest Sheppie Stardust, The innocent man awaiting his gentle, thoughtful, self-determined, self-induced end of his life. It’s a loving consciousness doing what must be done. Inconceivable but you made it conceivable. Sheppie we all know you’ve lived an active, thoughtful, robust, and full life of 72 years of wonder and excitement and…
This is a poem that was written by Andrea Gibson. If you’re not familiar, Andrea was a world-renowned poet, activist and the 9th Poet Laureate of Colorado. I highly recommend the documentary: Come and See Me in the Good Light, which chronicles Adrea’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second…