This blog entry has nothing to do with Mexico. It has nothing to do with immigration or Spanish. It’s about sudden changes that affect you in unexpected ways.

I used to read a blog called Arrows: Myth and Culture on a website by Maggie Macary, www.mythandculture.com. It was a daily journal in which Maggie talked about the mythological significance of everything. I read it every day and found inspiration in the mundane, in current events, in Maggie’s musings. I was, in fact, so inspired by her, I considered studying cultural mythology. But, I had to live up to my own myth. I stopped reading Maggie’s blog about a year ago. As these stories go, I often said to myself, “I should check out Maggie’s blog and see what’s new.” Daily life got busier and more complex and I never checked in to see what was new.

Until today. I finally took the time to stop back by her website. It wasn’t there. When I googled her name, the first thing I found was an article by “the late Maggie Macary.” The late? I kept on reading and found out that she unexpectedly passed away about a year ago.

Sudden deaths have a way of affecting us in unexpected ways. I never met Maggie. I hadn’t read her blog in almost a year. Even so, her death hit me. What hit just as hard was to see that her website is no longer up and running. I certainly hope that her contributions to myth and culture were not lost along with her. So here’s to Maggie Macary and the next phase of her mythic journey.

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