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Always an Original
February 6, 2016
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
Old pond.
A frog jumps in --
Plop.
Dru Turner (1951-)
Miss you
My brother Toad.
dru
According to Chinese Legend the Day-lily can sooth sorrows.
dru
August 4, 2013
August 2
Everything Passes On
The passing days and months
are eternal travelers in time. Haiku
Rick Mazzara
July 21, 2013
So many good memories will live on even after a friend is gone. Ken was an inspiration for me in many ways. I remember playing his drums before I ever got a set of my own. I used to love hanging out at his house, listening to highly-advanced music upstairs and then going downstairs to jam or play the drums to our favorite records (with the headphones on.) Those were my first practice sessions. The house always seemed to be a cool place to be, which was why the mantra "party at Toad's!" was so commonly yelled out by his friends, no matter where we were. And first-year football practice at LVHS was a little less scary when you were "in" with some upperclassmen. It was reassuring to see Toad out there doing drills, knowing that eventually when the hard contact started, it was only "business." This led to some very fun, but also very physical, tackle football games with the gang at Future Park in the years that followed. I doubt many of us are as indestructible as we were back then. I also remember telling Ken years later, after my habit of acquiring musical instruments was well under way, that if he ever was going to sell his drums, I would be interested in buying his cymbals. (They were vintage Paiste 602s and had more "bounce" than most other brands. Even Paiste doesn't make them like that any more.) True to his word, he remembered and showed up at my door years after that one time I mentioned it. We arranged a trade for one of the cymbals, so he could still sell his drums as a full kit, and I still have that one cymbal to this day. I wish I would have known he was blogging political stuff. I'm always interested in such things. But alas, as years pass and people drift apart, sometimes we only hear about the passing of a friend long after it happens. I guess that's life on this Earth. But I pray I will see Ken again, and enjoy more good times in the next life.
CyAnts at a family wedding – Nam Myoho Renge Kyo sister dru
February 12, 2013
Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.
sister dru
August 23, 2012
One moon shows in every pool, in every pool the one moon.
Sitting peacefully doing nothing Spring comes and the grass grows all by itself.
August 23, 2012
When an ordinary man gains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage gains understanding, he is an ordinary man.
August 23, 2012
Dru Turner
February 13, 2012
"One in all, All in one, If only this is realized, No more worry about not being perfect!" sister dru
Cynthia Privitera, RN, BSN, MSN, FNP-BC
November 12, 2011
I have sadly inadvertently discovered many LVHS alumni who have passed. I was an early graduate of Dec.1973. However, the older classes were an inspiration to many of us growing up in the early 70's. His father cared for me with all three of my children/deliveries, found me an excellent pediatricain, and took time with me in his office when my mother, who he also cared for, committed suicide and when I decided to begin college in my adult years, I will never forget him telling me, "What would you do if you were not in school?" If Ken was 1/10th of what his father is, I know the world was a better place and the what appears to be the pictures of him days before he left earth, are very sad. My heartful and belated sympathy to Dr. Turner and their entire family. Cynthia A. Stockert during LVHS, Cope @ Graduation and my first 2 children, and Williams with my third/last child.
sister dru
August 2, 2011
I'm a fat ole monkey girl, sitting in my turtle shell, I still miss you but I feel fine. sigh
November 20, 2010
i first met kenny when i was 16 and he was someone that i loved very very much. his green glasses,afro and the name of toad made him an easy target. I was young and insecure but no matter how much mocking and teasing i did you could not break his wonderful kind beautiful spirit. after a while my resprect grew to the point of him becomming some what of a guru to me. he went from toad to kenny because i could not tease someone that i came to respect so much. he taught me hiking chess phylosphy and fortunatly this was before politics so i was spared that. i remember sleeping over and getting up and see him eating 2 day old vegge meat on the stove. i told him that stuffs gonna kill you little did i know. my dear toad for all those days we spent expanding our minds looking back, i would not change a thing !!!!! i remember when they would crank up the band and he would play the drumbs. because my musical ability was limited kenny would let me sing vocals. he taught me character morals and values not by pushing me but by leading. when i heard kenny died i was so very very very distaunt.this man taught me what brother was !!!!! nom me oh ho rige gay keo .... will always carry your spirit with me kenny love you my brother tod kenturner mark belding
September 2, 2010
I have set up a site solely for Ken's/Cy's fractal images, the ones I have from our correspondence and (hopefully) the ones others have and can send me.
http://cyantsfractals.blogspot.com/
Alan
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
sister dru
August 27, 2010
To all Ken's Friends:
I am posting links to some tributes for Ken who posted on-line under the pseudonyms, PseudoCyAnts and User: Hugh Manatee. These links have wonderful tributes to Ken, as well as amazing comments from his cyber buddies. Plus, if you feel inclined; you have access to some of the various essays or blogs that Ken posted over the last few years. sister dru
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/p/s/pseudocyants/2010/08/moderators-note.php
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=User:Hugh_Manatee#Where_I.27ve_Been
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/p/a/packerfanchick/2010/08/a-day-of-peace-in-honor-of-pse.php
Santa Cy
August 25, 2010
sister dru
August 25, 2010
This was supposed to be posted with the Cy and his Bird pix: "I’m a monkey-boy sitting up in a turtle-shell all by my lonesome, and i feel fine." PseudoCyAnts
Cy & his Bird
August 24, 2010
Packerfanchick
August 23, 2010
After receiving the email of Ken's escape from this life, I did what any good Buddhist would do, I talked to him and assured him the journey back to the Universal Consciousness would be peaceful and sent him my love. I'm writing this to his family;
Be strong and know that he is there even though his body is gone. He will live forever in your minds and hearts all you have to do is think of him and he is present. Be proud he made such a wonderful impression on us, we are certainly proud of him as well. When things get tough talk to him, he will be listening. We will not forget him and I know that he is missed by a lot of us. May the light of love be with all of you as you deal with the goodbyes. May the light of love touch each of your souls with the beauty that only the light of love can do. Never forget that tomorrow can be as bright as yesterday, for tomorrow will become yesterday very soon. I think Ken would have wanted all of us to live for today, share our love, and be sure to find humor somewhere. His love for justice is incredible and will live on just as he lives on within those he touched.
Namaste
Kenny in his Susan Hat!
August 23, 2010
Alan Lloyd
August 22, 2010
Ken (Cy) was a good friend I never had the pleasure of meeting in person.
He made wonderful fractal art images, and gave me leave to experiment with making them into motion graphics.
Four experiments are here:
http://thatguywiththeponytail.blogspot.com/2010/08/cy.html
I'll make more with more images I have. And the credit is Ken's (Cy's) - without his images, these files would not exist.
joyfilled beyond
david santacroce
August 21, 2010
cant figgure out how to say.....so I will be back another day....long lives the jumbled haired toad.....allways in our hearts!!!!!with the wind at our backs the sun on our shoulders...carying on!!!!!!!!!
Mike (aMike) Swanson
August 21, 2010
Pseudocyants, as I knew him through TPM cafe, was the international standard for civic virtue. No wonder he chose a quote from Tom Paine for his blog...if ever a person knew soul-trying times it was him. Yet he never let his disease diminish him or turn him into a crabbed, resentful person. He wrote with intelligence, humor, and deep respect for his audience. I will miss his voice. I'll do my best to follow his example. I think he would appreciate it if he knew that I thought he had great hair, so I'm telling him that now, through his family.
fractal beetle dated march 13, 2010
bwakfat
August 21, 2010
Carole
August 21, 2010
In the political blogosphere, Ken was not just one of us - he was the best of us - and he will be sorely missed. He also connected with so many of us on a personal level and that's where the loss of Ken feels so devastating. Many hugs to his family who made such a big effort to find TPM Cafe members and inform us of his death.
And Ken, if somehow you find out who it was behind the Nigerian yellowcake caper, please find a way to let me know. You know I'll be forever grateful.
Rest in peace, my friend.
Sister Dru
August 21, 2010
Sister Dru
August 21, 2010
Sister Dru
August 21, 2010
Sister Dru
August 21, 2010
circa 1973
Sister Dru
August 21, 2010
For All his friends; virtual or not.
miz "artappraiser"
August 20, 2010
Condolences to a loving and devoted family, may the pain heal and only good memories remain.
I would like to honor Kenneth Turner's life by citing the nearly 4 years of his writings under the pseudonym "pseudocyants" @ http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/pseudocyants/
where under "Biography" he wrote one phrase: "Walkabout in the Dreamtime America." That's the only Kenneth Turner I knew, but I am hoping that those writings will enrich the memory of others who were lucky enough to know him more intimately.
John (Libertine) Casasanta
August 20, 2010
I can't describe how sad I am to hear of Ken's passing. I knew him for about 7 years in the on-line world. The breadth of his intellect, wisdom and humanity boggles my mind...he was one of the most special people I had been blessed to meet in my life. This world we call home is worse off with Ken's passing. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. Ken may be gone but he'll never be forgotten...
Overreach THIS!
August 20, 2010
"Cy," you were simply the coolest. When the times looked really bad, you spit in the face of adversity, and took up amazing art and you got better and better at it. Some of it was just dazzling! I urged you to show it in a gallery, and I'm so sorry you never got the chance, friend!
You started two fun websites for your friends (two!), and you let us help design them, and they actually became popular, and you were in agonizing pain all the while that most of us could not even imagine.
You were our good friend night after night in chat and there was nothing we could not ask your advice about -- from afar and sometimes from much afar.
You told me about walking around to your swimming pool and sent me the aerial photo of that, and I always just enjoyed talking to you about simple things like that. You consistently underestimated your great suffering, to us and to others.
But I will always be in awe. You were absolutely the coolest. And the toughest! And the world will be a slightly worse and smaller place without you. We all miss you, Cy! Every one of us!! Love, O.T.
Stilli
August 20, 2010
"Ant" was my pet name for Ken. He was a great guy, smart, funny, brave and very talented. He was my "tech" guru and friend. We spent many late nights discussing politics and religion through cyber-space. I will miss him tremendously but his place in my heart will be there for the rest of my days.
Lis Baumann
August 19, 2010
I miss you, "Cy". Ken, your courage, humor and outlook on life will forever mark the paths I choose to walk. You were a dear friend and guide, and shall always remain so. Peace, my friend.
Felicity Conrad
August 19, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss. I knew Kenny in the café at TPM. He will be missed there for his courage. Godspeed. And may you find comfort in his love.
Donal
August 19, 2010
My condolences to his family. I only knew him on political blogs and chat rooms, but he was a good man, and very creative. He will be missed.
jim rogers
August 17, 2010
Ken you will be missed by many,it was your mod orange ludwig drum set at steve wills house that i first played with a live band on , rest in peace always jim rogers
Eileen Sisk
August 8, 2010
Kenny, I am glad we were able to reconnect and that I got to see some of your photos. It was fun growing up with you and it's sad you had to leave us, but your memory remains. Godspeed, my friend.
Julie Sisk Roth
August 7, 2010
Dru, Debbie, and Candy,
Just want you to know my love and prayers are with you. It is so hard to lose a brother. I remember Kenney as being so full of fun and laughter. He always had a way of making me smile. His memory will always live in our hearts.
Love,
Julie
Dennis Kist
August 7, 2010
I just learned of Ken's passing. It was quite a shock, but as we get older it is, unfortuately, becoming more common to see friends and relatives pass. On behalf of his many high school friends, I would like to give Ken one last respectful chant: "Toad, Toad, Toad . . . ."
Dennis Kist
Hartsel, Colorado
Susan (Sisk) Kuyrkendall
August 7, 2010
Be proud of Kenny. He was a valiant fighter and a brave warrior against all the pain and suffering he had with his battle of Cancer. He was a very brave man.
Zaida Carstens
August 7, 2010
We are so sorry to hear your loss. Our love and prayers are with all your family. Herman and Zaida Carstens
Kitty McCurdy
August 7, 2010
Brothers are the first men in our lives other than our fathers. It's sad to lose them. I know Debbie, Candy & Dru will miss him greatly as I miss my brother.
Fred Hinshaw
August 7, 2010
Kenny was a good friend of mine...as a fellow driver at the Yellow Cab Company for at least 20 years. He was a "political blogger" as a hobby; he was an extremely honest cabbie by profession.
Hey Charlie Brown, I love you.
August 7, 2010
Does anyone know how to access Ken's Blogs? The family would like to notifiy his many friends and followers but can not. Dru (Sister)
Pamela Williams
August 6, 2010
We are so sorry to hear of your great loss. May your confidence in God and prayers provide you with the strength needed to face the challenges ahead. I hope Isaiah 41:10 offers you some comfort.
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