I post this to follow up on how Leonard's donation has impacted the area. UPDATE: Oded Lifshitz's body was returned to his family by Hamas this week. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-killed-6-of-them-on-oct-7-why-these-israelis-still-drive-palestinians-to-hospitals/ Hamas killed 6 of them on Oct....

Looks like the cemetery made a beautiful improvement to Leonard's gravesite.

Hi Jarkko,

Happy birthday! Hope you enjoy your day with your family in beautiful summertime Finland. May those berries be plentiful and sweet. And may you enjoy many happy returns.

First, thank you, Bev, for starting this thread and thanks to all who have contributed over the years. Something comforting about seeing it show up each year. This is always a difficult day. Remembering Leonard makes me sad. I know he would hate that. I like to go back and read some of what was writ...

Thank you to all who attended the Zoom presentation on Sunday. It seems the Internet gods were in a bad mood. I couldn't get on for the first half hour of the presentation and of course, we know Robert had difficulties as well. If there were others who tried to attend but couldn't, please let me kno...

Greetings, Please note that I made an error when scheduling the Zoom presentation. It should have been 10 AM PDT not 10 pm. I believe this works better for most of you. If you have already emailed me, you should have received an updated notice from Robert de Young with the new time (10 a.m.) and the...

Greetings, The Zoom presentation on the Leonard Cohen archive is scheduled for Sunday, October 29, at 10 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles summer time). Again, if you would like to attend, please email me at megan2c2b@aol.com. You will need a microphone and/or camera to fully participate, but if you have neithe...

Lisa,

Thank you so much for your comments. It means a great deal that your understanding of the archive has been advanced. You are so kind to share your new view.

More thoughts to Leonard: Leonard, you once said: “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” Your poetry, the evidence of your life, is contained in your archive, which Canadian academic experts have assessed to be a Canadian national treasure. Your ...

Thank you, Marie, for your very thoughtful response. I actually do agree with what you wrote -- it would, indeed, be fascinating to be able to see the genesis and evolution of Leonard's work in his many notebooks, and I did not mean to suggest that they have no value. Rather, I was merely thinking ...

Thanks. I am not really expecting or requiring a response from anyone -- I was just expressing some observations. We were invited to make comments, and so I did. This is clearly a very unpleasant and messy situation between a few people who have a direct connection to Leonard Cohen, and it is unfor...

I suppose what makes me uncomfortable about all of this is that there seem to be a lot of unknowns as to who knew what, and who said what, and who did what, and who wanted what. There are inconsistencies, a lot of "one person's word against another's", possibly without any proof: if someo...

Geoffrey asked: was there was a specific event in 2022 that caused leonard's children to stop being satisfied? Good question, Snow. I don't know the answer. But my speculations were similar to Lisa's. Add to that, Robert Kory was approaching retirement age and there was no obvious successor trustee...

I just can't be silent about my thoughts on the "Letters to Leonard". I believe your motive to share this info with LC's fans is an honest effort to share what you believe. But I am going to be honest from my end and say that this thread feels unbalanced presenting an argument on Kory's b...

MarieM wrote: > . . . please feel free to speak, comment, or ask questions. hello marie. a simple comment concerning this paragraph: >" Unfortunately, when you revised your trust in July 2016 to change some bequests and create trusts for your grandchildren, Chudd made an error in drafting the ...