 02 Feb 2010: Today is Groundhog Day, far and away Bill's favorite holiday, and from his perspective a true cause for celebration. Groundhog Day has an interesting origin, something Bill wrote about several years ago for this website. But more important than its roots, perhaps, for him it meant that Red Sox pitchers and catchers would soon board a bus destined for Florida, and ice-covered ponds would soon thaw, enabling fish and insects and fisherman to resume their warm-weather habits. Regardless of whether Phil saw his shadow, Groundhog Day meant we were over the hump--it meant soon: another winter nearly in the books, and just over the horizon, the joy of spring stirring up hope.
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William G. Tapply died July 28, 2009 at his home in Hancock, NH, after a tough battle with leukemia. Obituaries have been published in The Boston Globe and Boston Herald.
Thanks to all of you who attended the memorial event in September--it was your attendance that made it a truly special event. And thanks to you who have passed along your condolences through the guestbook, through emails, and through donations to The Nature Conservancy, The Harris Center, and Hooked On A Cure. Your kind thoughts and generosity have meant more to my family than can be expressed here. Clearly, he will be missed by many.
I will continue to pass along news, reviews, and any other relevant tidbits on this website (two books have just been published, and three more are to come).
While Dad may have left us for his own "home water," I am grateful that we can still open a book and remember him through his stories.
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