Every name,
still in the light.
31 companions are remembered here, across the garden and the shore — each place keeps its own stones. 44 candles have been lit, and 37 whispers left. Read slowly. There is no hurry.
Juniperexample
The garden“Every window was her window.”
xiaohui
The gardenWillow
The garden“Soft ears, steady heart.”
s mye
The garden“i miss you”
A hui
The garden“Thank you for giving me so many happy moments in my childhood”
Salty
The shore“A small bird with a loud idea about every picnic on this beach.”
Gull
The shore“One broken wing, one whole summer, and a hundred mornings on the kitchen windowsill.”
Miso
The shore“Came for the warmth. Stayed for the view. Left a small dent in every windowsill.”
Pip
The shore“Hated the water. Loved the pier. Sat at the very end of it for eleven years.”
Drift
The shore“She never met a wave she did not argue with, and she never lost one.”
Coral
The shore“Fourteen years of wet paws and a heart that never once came in from the sea.”
Rufus
The garden“Ran everywhere. Loved everyone. Came back when called — mostly.”
Hazel
The garden“The softest place to land.”
Pickle
The garden“Cheeks full, heart fuller.”
Bear
The garden“A big dark shape who made the world feel safe.”
Sunny
The garden“He thought the morning belonged to him. It did.”
Momo
The garden“Warm as toast, loud as a kettle.”
Waffles
The garden“Short legs. Enormous heart. Absolutely no regrets.”
Sable
The garden“Thirteen years of perfect, elegant disdain.”
Pippin
The garden“A small blue comma in a very long sentence.”
Clover
The garden“She left a trail of hay and good luck.”
Toby
The garden“A small dog with an unreasonable amount of courage.”
Luna
The garden“Moon-white, moon-quiet, always on the warmest chair.”
Bruno
The garden“Sixteen years. Not nearly enough.”
Noodle
The garden“Two years, four hundred escape attempts.”
Kiwi
The garden“Sang through every winter morning.”
Juniper
The garden“Seven years of thumping at the fridge door.”
Olive
The garden“Small, grey, and absolutely certain she was in charge.”
Biscuit
The garden“Half beagle, half sunshine.”
Pepper
The garden“She supervised every email I ever wrote.”
Mochi
The garden“Twelve summers of fetch — and still wagging on the last day.”