More on the death of Ruth Pfeffer

 THIS IS WHAT I WROTE ON THE LEGACY SECTION OF RUTH PFEFFER'S OBIT.

A stillness fell on the meadow where we walked

Not a single cardinal, whippoorwill or tawny owl

trilled its melody

Birds have feelings too

Sharper often than ours

A huge turtle sunned itself on a rock

in the pond and the long-necked geese had flown off

to find succulent insects for their noonday meal

And you, good lady, a regular Emily or Whitman

will share your wisdom elsewhere 

you have been here forever

and will travel to unknown lands

beyond the high fluffy clouds. 

- Ruth Z. Deming

I had to go on goggle to get the correct spelling of whippoorwill. 

Ruth Pfeffer was born in 1941 and died 2022.