Memories

Most recently shared memories appear first.

  • “Revisions of Valhalla” is published

    I’m excited to announce the publication of some of Daniel Kreadman Kuhn’s poetry! I described the work in a previous post, and my collaborator Peter Miles Bergman made this great little video overview. Peter posted more about the printing and publishing process that gives us a peek into how it was made. This has been…

  • One Year On, Valhalla Echoes

    It’s been a year since my father’s death and I’ve been remembering him in an unpredictable mix of dreams, reflections, and feelings. My heart still shifts around empty spots, and other spaces change shape as the memories I carry adapt to this moment’s inner and outer life. I’ve done a lot of remembering through the…

  • My Friend Dan Kuhn by Dick Kraft

    I miss my lifelong friend Dan and am so thankful for the gorgeous photograph on this memory page, which captures the essence of this beautiful man: outdoors in nature; solitary; in touch with his inner being; on a mountaintop; surrounded by wild flowers. My first memories of Dan go back to 1957 when Dan became…

  • A Biographical Synopsis of My Life

    Daniel wrote this for a Wheaton mission home reunion in June 2013. With the help of Google Maps one can zoom in on southwestern China to an area along the Chinese border with northern Myanmar (Burma) and follow the course of the Salween river northwards until the river almost converges with the border. A few…

  • Thoughtful

    From Jonathan Rulison He wrestled with my brother, Dan and me on the living room floor. It was Christmas about 1966. Uncle Dan was my Mom’s brother. When I was about 8-10 yrs old our family lived in Scotch Bush NY. Uncle Dan visited us over Christmas time. Besides wrestling on the living room floor,…

  • Maroon Bells Backpacking

    Maroon Bells Backpacking

    In the summer of 2007 my father Daniel and I took a week-long backpack trip together in the Maroon Bells in western Colorado. He wouldn’t be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease for another year, but this trip was the first inkling I had that something was wrong. There were just a few hints during a demanding…

  • A Christmas gift at the Wheaton mission home

    From Lois Kraft Dan was incredibly kind to me when we lived in the Wheaton mission home while I was in high school and he attended Wheaton College. Provided help with homework. Listened to my teenage woes. We got no assistance whatsoever from our house parents. I donated, pitched or sold almost all my books…

  • 79th birthday

    79th birthday

    August 1, 2022 A few of us gathered in Daniel’s room at Park Place Assisted Living in Reno, NV: me (his son Dylan), my wife Ann, and Brook (daughter of Daniel’s nephew Jon). The anticipation of events like this seemed to enhance the effects of Daniel’s primary Parkinson’s medication, Carbodopa-Levadopa. He was in good spirits…

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