Michigan

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This was the view outside the funeral home at sunset in Michigan.

Yes, it is as cold as it looks. I was only able to shoot outside for a little while before my fingertips and the camera informed me they'd had enough.

And yet, the beauty of the moment sustained me.

I miss my grandfather fiercely.

But he left me a lifetime to live up to.

It's not like the way I'm grappling with the news of Dwayne McDuffie's death, a man I never got to thank in person, but who told me, along with Rantz and James, that if I didn't go to Florence, I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

He believed in so many of us.

So, for Dwayne and for my grandfather, here. A moment's winter twilight. Rest in peace, both of you.