People say, off-list, and once again, that I'm far too cryptic. That
stuff about the Scottish cup final, I just found it operatic, and the
rest was wonderfully weird, a celebration of how life goes. I'm sorry
the Globe and Mail closed off the link. How brutally quick they are.
The glory in wet herbs is the smell. Lavender in particular. Surely
you could imagine that?
Unable to out-do Mike with quality, I'm adopting the Wal-Mart strategy:
volume.
Here's another.
David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon
who am I to comment on the famously generous spirit of the Missal the shrewd piercing queries of a Parker no one, a colleague, that's all
I just think there should be glasses raised to these two painters Paul and Lucinda after such long good years
we first met back when dinosaurs roamed the earth I'm told these two had been here for eons already painting up the primeval storm
I remember 10,000 Maniacs on the radio Al Gore busy not inventing the web Ollie Ollie north of Oxen Free
back then the salad days of college jobs were done opportunities were rarer than buffalo the once-plentiful want ads were nearly gone
so when, a mere stripling here, I began like John Sloan to gaze over the stern
senior faculty above me, to engage in the churn and wonder of this place,
I confess I looked for color in all those older faces
and found surprising welcome, warm hues and clues everywhere:
these two taught me big things and small: the meaning of painterly, the goodness in loose, some ways to see
how important it is to keep your brushes clean... and to be earnest
now these two will hie themselves off not to paint the town or country red;
Paul may go down to the lonely sea and the sky to resolve sewer issues,
Lucinda will stay in her studio reaching for all the glories of Longview
doesn't it sound inviting you can see why they're leaving so much more interesting than say grading
joking aside, the final facts are simple: it will be very hard to go on without you two but we must, because your example has helped to bring us here
many, many thanks to you both
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