to his friend Danny Hommer and all boys everywhere<\/a>. The loveliest thing I have read since the last beautiful, heart-breaking thing Mike Flynn wrote. Condolences to him\u2013and to the human race\u2013on this loss. May we all meet merrily in the Resurrection amid laughter and old stories with new hills to climb and adventures that will never end.<\/p>\nAd astra!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026to his friend Danny Hommer and all boys everywhere. The loveliest thing I have read since the last beautiful, heart-breaking thing Mike Flynn wrote. Condolences to him\u2013and to the human race\u2013on this loss. May we all meet merrily in the Resurrection amid laughter and old stories with new hills to climb and adventures that will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-41289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-rip"],"yoast_head":"\n
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