To Arlo and His Family - We Are Thinking of You in Your Time of Grief

     We were with family who have been friends of the Guthries for many years when they learned on Sunday that Arlo's wife, Jackie, had died in Florida at age 68 in Florida after a struggle with inoperable cancer.

     For those that are interested, there are several good obituaries of Jackie on the internet (Jambands, Boston Globe and NY Daily News), one of which includes the following quote from Arlo.

The sun rose on my world this morning. Jackie stayed with us throughout the night, lingering in our hearts just out of sight but clearly present. She woke me before sunrise in a dream saying that the hour had come when she would need to leave us and be gone before the sun arose. As her words awakened me I walked outside and stood looking over the river talking with her in the predawn twilight we both loved so much. It was our time and for years she brought me coffee as I took photographs of morning on the river. There are loves, and there are LOVES. Ours was and will continue to be what it has always been – A very great love.

     Learning of Jackie's passing was a sad moment for us.  While we did not know Jackie, we had gotten to know and become friends with one of Jackie and Arlo's wonderful daughters, Cathy, so we couldn't help think of Cathy, and the sadness of her mother's passing, and the grief that she, her dad and her other brothers and sisters must be feeling in these moments.  Our thoughts are with you.