Charlie was one of the brightest guys any of us will ever meet. In this perfect, non-pretentious joyous yet still sarcastic way. basically a rare stroke of joy genius and humor in the world.
It is a waste. no words really work here.
That said, I would love to get in touch with everyone Charlie knew on bike forums and get some information out there: (in case people don’t already have it)
For starters:
1) A service for Charles will be held at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 227 Bloor Street East (between Church and Jarvis) on Tuesday, August 14th at 2:00 p.m. The presence of anyone and everyone who wants to come and celebrate Charlie’s life would be appreciated.
2) There are plans for a critcal mass-type of ride for all of Charlie’s friends and family and others who knew him. Even those who didn’t and want to celebate him anyway (there is a lot to celebrate) are deeply encouraged to come and help us take over the streets in his honour. I think that he would really have loved this. More details (i.e. date and time) on this to be announced later.
3) Canice (or anyone else associated with bike forums), could you perhaps e-mail me (emma.j.m.brown @ gmail.com) and let me know if there is anyway better way to post this information to anyone who Charlie may have known via bike forums. I would love to get in touch with that part of his community but am sort of at a loss as to how to best go about it.