Sofia Castillo

For Henri Maler · 14d ago

Never knew the name until today, 79 is no age.

For Jean-François Le Nail · 24d ago

80 is a full life, and from what I've read he spent all of it close to the mountains and the records that explain them. Sending warm thoughts to his wife and the five grandchildren who loved him.

For Kippy Brown · 4 Sept 2026

I only met Coach Brown once at a Memphis game in the nineties, but he took time to talk to a kid in the stands about football and life like I was the most important person there. That kindness stayed with me forever. Thinking of Deon and his family.

For Joan Didion · 4 May 2026

I've been rereading her essays this week and I keep finding sentences that feel like they were written just for this moment, for any moment. The clarity in her work, the refusal to lie. I hope we keep listening to her.

For David Baltimore · 3 Oct 2025

Read an interview where he talked about handing his lab over to younger scientists because it was time. Not many people do that with grace. That's a kind of leadership they don't teach.

To Shirley James’s tribute on Stosh Cienki’s page · 3d ago

didn't know that either, that special was solid

To Rhys Taylor’s tribute on Slava Veder’s page · 25 Aug 2026

That's beautiful. He was there to witness, not to judge.