Remembering Twisted Ruth just doesn’t seem the right thing to say. How can such vibrant person be no longer in this world? I am in shock. It’s hard to believe.
Our dear friend Ruth Schooley passed way Tuesday night. The person that led me physically into the spinning world by inviting me to the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild. The person that practically danced and pranced around at the guild meetings, bringing so much joy to all of us. The one that was so willing to share everything that she knew. Gone. She went into some kind of seizure on the way to dinner Tuesday night, went to the hospital and passed away. Ruth had a foot surgery recently. The doctor thought that blood clot traveling to the lungs could be the cause.
Recently Ruth and I had been in discussion on Flickr about cotton spinning. I’ve opened her last email to me so many times since I heard the news. In it she said:
… And I shall summon you to an audience with the Queen (that’s me) and I shall show you the Proper Way to card cotton punis.
Promise!
Ruth
Underneath the email message there’s this little button that says SEND A REPLY. It hit me really hard to realize that I would never get a reply from Ruth again. I want to demand that her promise be kept, so that I can see her and say that it was all just a bad dream. I can’t even imagine what her Roketman is going through.
Messages about Ruth are pouring in on Ravelry, Yahoo groups. Ruth was joyful, loving, generous, uplifting. Always smiling. So very adventurous. It amazes me how many hearts she had touched. She was like a Tim Russert in the fiber community. I had no idea the impact she had in so many people’s lives. This world lost a truly wonderful person, an amazing human being.
I am happy that she left behind a personal blog and an online photo album. Even though it pains me to look at them now. I am sure they will bring happier memories somewhere down the road.
Ruth’s Blog: twistedspinster.blogspot.com
Ruth’s Flickr Album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/originaltwistedspinster/
Ravelry Group in Memory of Ruth: Twisted Ruth
I grabbed some pictures of Ruth off her Flickr album. Please click on them to see some of her amazing adventures.
Note, July 19, 2008, I just found out that Ruth’s old blog is still up on the Internet. It is at www.twistedspinster.net
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Ooooh nooo. I’m so sorry.
{{{{Jason}}}}
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Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 1:44 pm ¶i am so saddened to hear this–i am literally crying, and i didn’t even know her. but, from your words and the pics of her, i can just feel the goodness flowing from her.
just hug those you love a little bit tighter today and tell others you love them.
xoxo
chris
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Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 1:52 pm ¶Oh Jason, I’m so sorry. I’m sure I must have met Ruth at a spinning meeting (wasn’t she the one with the electric cotton spinner?).
Your remembrances of her are extremely touching and loving. I’m sure she got just as much out of your relationship with her as you did!
Love,
Katie
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Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 5:27 pm ¶