“Rest in Peace” doesn’t feel right for a man always learning, figuring out better ways to do things; hiking, searching with his dogs for the lost…. Hatch Graham passed on Friday, a week short of his 94th birthday. A forester and volunteer SAR dog handler shouldn’t be confined to a hospital bed, even at home. He’s free now. (Photo shows him by the house he built us by hand, 3000 ft elevation, El Dorado County.)
You're Blazing Trail Now
Always the adventurer fearless on heights over the deeps,
seeking a better way through thickets –
alder, manzanita, willow – leading us out to a meadow
blooming wildflowers like we never
saw in our lives. You left before dawn – we knew you were going. The house is quiet but for your dog waiting
at the door.
~ Taylor Graham
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