We would like to thank
Friends and family who joined together to dedicate a bench site
in memory of Earl F. Hedlund
at
Red Bluff River Park
October 29, 2011
The bench is now in place, and is a very restful place, well-shaded and with a delightful prospect of the Sacramento River
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Missing you.
Happy Birthday my darling sweetheart.
OMG! You are 99 today! I can’t see you trying to navigate getting into the Porsche! I Would have to follow you in a taxi as at 77 I could not even begin to climb in!!
So missing you Earl. On so many occasions want to pick up the phone and talk to my dearest friend!
These days it would be to report when one of our mutual friends in Red Bluff had passed, or the very latest about the virus, or the moment to moment irrational behavior of the human virus destroying our democracy as quickly as possible! I do believe the state of this insane monster and our union might have given you a heart attack!
And I would have made sure you had an I-pad to enjoy videos ! Yes I know! You are a reader not a watcher! But really there are some very worthy TV series out! I am hooked on South Korean TV Series these days offered on Netflix!
I would love to visit you in Eureka right now! assuming we had both been quarantining in place??
I can smell the bacon on the stove as I awaken to a knock on the door and a mimosa presented to me as I make my way to the dining room table, piled high in the other end of the table, with taxes from another year. And our breakfasts always turned out to be two hour gab sessions!
you gave up your bedroom to me and took to the living room floor in a sleeping bag for my every visit! Very sweet!
We never had a quiet moment it seemed! Always a subject to discuss with passion expression and wild and abandon laughter from both!
Oh Earl ! Yes I really cherished every moment we were together! You are the exquisite gem in my jewelry Box of friends! Your brilliance and wit and sense of the arts demanded my mental attendance and participation in amazing conversation we could have recorded for PBS!
My emotional adoration for a dear dear soul I miss every day Cannot be expressed enough!
I love you. Dear dear Earl! ( And right now I can hear your spirit in my ear saying “darling that is so so lovely of you, but will you Please shut up?)
Learning About Life After Loss
It seems that I often fully realize the treasures of life, the true treasures, after they have disappeared. It is not that I didn't absolutely embrace every connection with Earl, as he was in a sense my "playmate" when it came to sharing humor in the most comical sense. I often told him that only he could bring out the best of humor in me, and if I recorded our conversations, it would sell a million copies- folks would roar.... he could often top my humor with his own. It was such catharcise and therapy for both of us..as we laughed with abandon.We had a mutual deep passion for nature, and for the arts. Whether we were at the ocean, a forest, a musical, or play, or taking in art at a gallery or at a street fair, sharing our mutual love of beauty was a gift. I wish I had told you how I felt about that Earl, and had thanked you for that wonderful gift..... To find one person who truly is present, as I am, in laughter, and who truly has the same appreciation of nature and of the arts, is such a gift. I miss you so Earl. My dear dear Earl. Thank you.