After a terminal diagnosis, Tahoe City local sings of love’s rescue in new song—Coming Home

After a terminal diagnosis, Tahoe City local sings of love’s rescue in new song—Coming Home

TAHOE CITY, Calif. – Talking about it sends chills through Eric T. Brandt, who isn’t sure what came over him the evening of July 29, 2023. All he knew was that when a stranger introduced herself, he felt compelled to pull her in and kiss her on the cheek. “And then he was almost apologetic, like, ‘I can’t believe I just did that,'” Kate Dowd recalls, who was then a stranger, but now much more. “From that moment on,” Dowd says, “we’ve just been h…