Remembering Redmond Grybauskas
September 20, 1991-January 9, 2025
This website is a space to share stories, photos, and memories of Redmond.
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Back in Woods Hole
On Redmond’s 35 birthday, I was back in Woods Hole for a Transom festival, catching up with old friends from our time at the Transom Story Workshop in Spring of 2019. I remembered the person I was back then, and I thought of the time I met and got to know Red. He was kind,…
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from Mary Pat Davies…
We shared many childhood play dates and celebrations with Redmond-always so kind, smart and fun! You are missed more than words can express. Mary Pat Davies
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from Alex
From no where our paths crossed during occupy, in 2013 in Egypt, we found eachother again on a roadtrip after Kailys wedding, and it was never perfect, but it was always honest.
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from zpv
A blessing to remember sneaking off campus at lunch to smoke cigarettes in the parking lot where we’d get sandwiches. Always a laugh, always with art materials all over him. May his memory forever be a blessing
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from Julia-
Sweet Redmond, today is your birthday. A day to celebrate the magic of you, of your beautiful short life. You are ageless, a time traveler. You are everywhere, in the trees, the river, sailing across oceans.
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From Anna Isaacs
A weekend in Woods Hole brought back so many memories of Redmond — the pot of farro and tomatoes we shared our first week (he wouldn’t hear of it when I apologized for adding way too much salt), quiet smoke breaks off to the side, just the two of us. He was so open, generous,…
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from Janice
Happy 35th birthday to my dear son. I miss you Email
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from Redmond’s Dad, Dziugas
My amazing son. Love. Spread good around the world.
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Redmond’s Typewriter
Redmond loved typewriters, and this is one he carefully tracked down and methodically cared for. I keep it in my office with some of the other gifts that Redmond gave me over the years. I’m not sure how many typewriters Redmond had, but this was definitely not the only one. In fact, he found one…
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Remarks at Redmond’s Celebration of Life – Angus
I still remember opening the white padded envelope and pulling out a small paperback Redmond had sent me. I smiled and thought, Redmond… where the hell did you find this thing?
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Jo Ann Beard – remembering Redmond
The following remarks were given by Jo Ann Beard at the celebration of Redmond’s life, March 29, 2025 I think my first correspondence with Redmond was in 2017; we were sharing our work, both writers, and both concerned with how to translate life into language. We kept in loose touch, writing letters on email or…
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