Two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer - and after two long battles undergoing radiation, surgery and chemotherapy - Linda was diagnosed with a new, deadly cancer of the brain lining (meningeal carcinomatosis) on February 3, 2001. She died a month later on March 2.

Justice, good food, Native American art, Scotland, New Mexico, Spanish retablos and outrageous shopping trips all ignited Linda's passions. She was known by her friends for her unending generosity, her wise insights, her ability to research anything, her wicked wit and her courage.

She loved her daughter, Meredith, her husband of 33 years, Doug, her 94 year-old mother, Edith, and her animals: Sam, Libby, Nick, Fred and Fella.

We had the privilege of spending her last four weeks with her at home: caring for her, enjoying her wit (even as she lost the use of her arms, legs, speech and sight), and holding her hands as she left her body for the great beyond.

Please join us on these pages for our account of Linda's Final Journey: a month-long pilgrimage of her ashes through a Florida celebration with friends and family, a two-week journey through her beloved Scotland, and to a final resting place near the holy shrine of Chimayó in New Mexico, passed by 10,000 pilgrims every Easter, as they walk to the Santuario de Chimayó.