Season of DeathMark Raphael Baker was no stranger to death. Over seven years, he became a mourner three times over: for his first wife, for his brother, and for his father. When diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he began to reflect on their deaths, his probable death, and on Death as, in the words of Ecclesiastes, a 'season' that produced a large and bitter harvest for the Baker family. Powerful and conflicting emotions assailed him, but their destructive power was