Today was an incredibly sad one, we said good-bye to Reuben Godinez. Reuben was a colleague of mine at Nimbus Arts who became a very good friend through his wondrous spirit and way with children. All the kids absolutely adored his charm and witty play. Adults admired his great sense of humor and forever positive attitude. For me as a beekeeper, Reuben was a huge supporter of my mobile bee obseratory, collecting all things relating to honey and bees. It was always a treat to go into the antique store where he would have stashed away honeybee treasures collected for me along his travels. Bee patches, antique smokers, veils, postcards of beekeepers, and best of all a vintage honey dispenser I gave to my mom. The dispenser and an endless supply of local amber sticky love made the perfect mothers day gift. For me, and I'm sure everyone else at Nimbus, the camps won't ever be the same. We lost a big part of our artistic family today, Reuben we'll miss you.
Shadows of David Garden and I walking down Spring Street after the ceramony.
Reuben with the kids at Nimbus
Remembering Reuben Godinez
Funeral Mass
Wednesday, November 18 at 11am
St. Helena Catholic Church
*Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.!@
Posted by: air max 90 | November 15, 2010 at 05:15 PM
Hello,
I dont know where to begin processing this info about Reuben... I am so sad right now, as I just learned from your site while trying to add him to my FB friends. He was a friend of mine from the Antique Store and I lost touch with him when the store closed. Please get back with me when you can. Thanks!
Posted by: Scott | January 25, 2011 at 03:44 PM
I was looking through some old photos and came across pictures I took of Reuben during our time together in SanFran in the 90's, so I thought I'd look him up again. My heart broke when I came across this. It's so hard to realize that things became so difficult that we didn't ever keep in touch and now there's no way of telling him what our time meant to me. But, I remember all the spiritual talks we had and I can just hope he hears me as I talk to him tonight and say goodbye. He was a bright light in my life. Thank you for this tribute and allowing me to catch up with some of his too short life.
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