Pierre Delattre

Thinking of you Michele, and of Don, on this poignant anniversary of your dad's passing.

During lunch break after my poetry class at Instituto Allende, Pierre ran up to me in haste to inform me that he had given me a nickname, Billy Budd, in reference to the innocence of Herman Melville´s fictitious character in his novel, Billy Budd. I have used the name Billy B ever since for the occasional retreat into blissful ignorance. A perfect defense.... Thanks Pierre... Captain Billy B

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Michelle, last night in zoom writing class, Dan Eeds reported on your dad's obit in the paper. As I read about your dad's Walking on Air novel about a mystical circus family, this quote by screenwriter-playwright Ben Hecht, which I texted only yesterday to a sis packing for a trip, comes around again: "Time is a circus, always packing up and moving somewhere else." To you and your family in this 'passing' time. Linda, for Mae's Brookside Writers

Resently my own art form has been designing and building treehouses for families with young children. Pierre and I shared memories of treehouses in our own more youthful years and when I shared with him that I had just finished building my 4th treehouse he emailed back the same day that he had just finished a painting he was calling "Asleep in the Treehouse." Now I´m realizing that on the day of his passing I was exploring the 11 treehouses at Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, Nebraska. These...

I first knew of Pierre from the the 1959 Time Magazine article about him and his Bread and Wine Mission. In 1961as a teen I hitchhiked to San Francisco to meet him. This was the same time as my own spiritual awakening and Pierre became a significant influence in my search for sacred meaning in life and now on All Saints Day I´m learning of his passing. He WAS a bit of a Saint for me. More recently he and I kept up a lively exchange of emails. Will be missing those. My sincere condolences to...