kin just as he has always been."
Karl
was born June 21, 1954 and passed away at home on Feb 23rd 2021.
As many of you who have known Karl remember, he was a great steward of the
land, an active conservationist and a master gardener and artist.
Any of you at the Center for Spiritual Living who came to be at Karl’s farm,
know about the Sweat lodge ceremonies. Just about every month Karl and his wife
Rebecca would host their house and land to anyone who needed to pray. The
sweat lodges were predominantly Lakota in tradition lead by Karl's friend Rick
Tatum. How beautiful to have people sitting in a circle to sweat their
prayers, and sing!
If anyone needed an extra dose of love; Karl would pick a bunch of fresh chard
and kale from his garden, for them to take home.
Karl's land that he took care of, has two creeks running through it-Grape Creek
and Wine Creek. He cooperated with the Sotoyome fish habitat
restoration project in the year 2016. He received a certificate of recognition,
for being the most enthusiastic farmer.
His spirit loved all living things. He would say “I’ll see you from the
Birdseye view.”
He enjoyed being a cat dad most of all of his life. His favorite cat was Rascal
Rue, a male Maine Coon. Karl’s cat was so handsome he won the published
front cover, “For the Love of Cats.” Proceeds from the fundraiser were given
to the Forgotten Felines of Sonoma County.
Karl was an abstract artist who’s double exposure photographs were also
exhibited and sold at the center for Spiritual Living Art shows.
For many years Karl and Rebecca served as volunteers on the Center for
Spiritual Living Santa Rosa Video team. Karl gave his time and energy, being at
service for the Orinda center for four years and was a volunteer caregiver
for the Sutter VNA Hospice.
He always believed in altruism as a way to be in life and was very generous
with all the people who were around him. We all love Karl in our hearts
as a humble and honorable soul.
Karl and I have been friends for about 56 years, since we were kids. My sister and his brother brought our families together. Through my friendship with the Kowalski family grew many friendships. As teenagers, we were very close for a few years and Karl had a profound influence on me. I will cherish his friendship and so many memories for the rest of my life. Cate Keller Lowe (Catelowe@rocketmail.com)
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