"During the hard times, we spent a lot of time there," Liberatore says of a dilapidated wood bench that he hopes to replace with something more permanent. From the bench, they could look out over Muir Beach to the ocean. "We could go there and breathe and be quiet, and I just thought it would be a fitting tribute to her and something she would appreciate."
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| Photo by Paul Liberatone |
Liberatore is thinking of putting a plaque on it that might say: "In loving memory of Mimi Farina, who loved this place, and received strength and solace here."
And so it goes: Jan Yanehiro of Mill Valley will help raise funds for the bench. Cassandra Flipper will carry on the work of Bread & Roses out of its Corte Madera office. Liberatore will go back to feature writing at the IJ.
"The paper was very good to me," Liberatore says of the time he got to attend to Farina's illness. "It was a great gift."
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| Image from 1995's Bread & Roses Newsletter sent by Mrs. Patricia Delich |
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| Mimi's favorite view. Photos by Dan Nowell (i can perfectly understand why ♥) |
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| View from the Mimi Fariña memorial bench off of the Panoramic Trail | Photo by Nick Rossi | Source |
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| Mimi's refurbished bench. Spring 2020 People who live North of the Gate are great about giving to others. Rocker Huey Lewis won $125,000 on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and gave it to Bread & Roses founder Mimi Fariña, who died recently at 56 of cancer but gave so much during her life that a standing-room-only crowd of 1,200 packed her funeral. Now in her honor, her friends hope to give a memorial gift to a trail on Mount Tamalpais.
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