Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Zih Despedida https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/ Information for visitors and locals about Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Troncones, Barra de Potosí and the surrounding region of the Costa Grande in Guerrero, Mexico en Zih Despedida (reply) Thanks for the take-along. I'm not sure I ever met Owen, I think so, but I feel like I know him regardless. His presence will be missed.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139159 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139159 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:46:27 +0000 Curly! Zih Despedida (reply)

Would that be Isabel that the guy is escorting?

Yes. James Crespinel is assisting Isabel Fortuna in the photo. Isabel and Margo Chipman are two of the people in this photo who had the longest friendships with Owen here in Zihuatanejo, and along with a few other mostly gringas who have lived in La Ropa since long before any roads were paved they are known affectionately as the Owenettes.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139152 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139152 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:50:24 +0000 ZihuaRob Zih Despedida (reply) Would that be Isabel that the guy is escorting?

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139150 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139150 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:49:52 +0000 karenanddick Zih Despedida (reply) Thank You Rob.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139147 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139147 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:59:20 +0000 Quadra Paul Zih Despedida (reply) Thank you for sharing.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139140 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139140 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:24:55 +0000 Talley Ho Zih Despedida What an incredibly beautiful day it was in Zihuatanejo Bay. The ceremony to commemorate the life and the 92nd birthday of our departed friend Owen Lee was well attended. It was a lovely nativist ceremony, and friends from different stages of Owen's life gathered at Owen's former nature center and home at Playa Las Gatas where he arrived back in the late 60's. It was all so familiar, like so many previous gatherings, yet we all knew it would be our last time together at Owen's. An era has come to an end, and a completely different future is in store for Punta del Rey, Las Gatas and all of Zihuatanejo than the one we had all envisioned not really all that long ago. All things must pass, of course, but we could do a better job caretaking the planet if we weren't so conditioned to accept such a broken version of humanity and our collective place in this world.

Owen's friends gathered round his ashes.
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After the ceremony a boat takes the ashes out of the bay to be dispersed.
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]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139139 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=139139 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:42:36 +0000 ZihuaRob