Nicolas Columbo

Nicolas was an amazing human being. He loved animals and insects and nature. He loved going too fast on his motorcycle. He loved learning about anything and everything. He loved space and science. He loved kind humans. He had a beautiful smile and an infectious laugh. He cared deeply for his friends and family. He was someone people found easy to confide in. He was thoughtful and compassionate. He wanted the best for everyone. He sent sweet messages to friends on birthdays and holidays and when they were down in the dumps.

He loved snacks. I asked him once what his favorite foods were and after an incredibly long pause his answer was "wedges". Pressed further he listed wedge shaped foods for me, "pizza, cheese, quesadillas, pie, Jo-jo's, taco's, etc". He also had an obsession with dumplings of any variety from every culture.

His passion in life was art and music. He spent as much of his free time as possible creating. He made oil paintings and collages and shadow boxes and ink drawings and charcoal drawings and pastels and beautiful cards and linocut prints and sculptures and little wax boxes with peekaboo holes and surprises inside. He wrote stories and acted and created a web series with close friends. He played in many bands with many friends throughout his life, such as Atomic Slaughterhouse, Narwal vs. Narwal and the well known local band Sissyface.

His head was filled with songs and he wrote them down and taught himself many instruments, bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, and weird boxes with springs on them. I don't know what they are called. He built himself a studio and a whole bunch of pedals and learned about recording and editing and recorded his music and worked in there endlessly until his last day at home.

He never stopped making things. He was an idea man with a direct link to the universes endless supply. He loved reading. He was quick witted and intelligent and well informed. He was hilarious and he made me cry laugh on a regular basis. He was a beautiful man who was secure in his very well balanced mix of masculine and feminine. He wasn't afraid to express either side. He loved hats and boots and jackets. He often changed those items several times before leaving the house. He was someone you didn't need to make a plan of what to do to hang out with because being with him was the event.

Nicolas was loved immensely. If you knew him you loved him. No matter how long you didn't talk or see him, when you did you were right where you were the last time you were together. He was a special kind of human that will live in our hearts forever.

Nicolas left this world on May,15th 2024. The week he was in the hospital you could see the Northern lights in Oregon. I felt like it was the universe celebrating his return. He was surrounded with close friends and myself, his partner of 20 amazing years, Rachelle.

I love him more than I knew I could ever possibly love someone and I am beyond grateful for every second I got with this most beautiful amazing human being.

Thank you for being part of his life. Thank you for loving him too. Thank you for celebrating who he was to you. We all had our own special version of Nicolas and I know we are all better off in this world for having known and loved him.

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