At my age, with many friends that have come and gone from my Life, I am continually...and increasingly....surprised and saddened by the demise of those that I remember as youthful, vibrant, creative, intelligent and compassionate humans......This morning, through conversation with an 'old' friend...once a 'new' friend....I was informed of the death of Temi Silver....just over a month from the death of her husband (for 63 years!), Marvin.....When we met, Temi was the chatty 'shrink/bartender' at Sidney's 2nd Act, where I and a dozen other friends were employed, to serve and entertain Ron Cohen and Sidney Glazer's faithful followers, while doling out our 'soulfood' chef's interpretations of Hungarian cuisine in Penny Goldwasser's "Hungarian" decor......A short-lived, but creatively enthusiastic mini-career after I returned from sojourning in Holland, hanging with the NYC Village Art Scene, then returning to Atlanta....penniless.... Ubiquitous Temi seemed to be 'Everywhere'......in the movie line, at Arts Benefits, Democrat Party Fundraisers, Historical Society Luncheons, The Skating Rink and even bank and grocery store lines......She often visited my Buckhead jewelry establishment...bringing along, in the fashion of Clarice Geigerman Woodruff, a few 'potential' buyers of my eccentric collections of objets d'art........She could mix a great drink too!.....And, we needed to serve really good drinks to 'soften up' potential eaters of paprika-drenched veal, goulash and stuffed cabbage......
Friday, March 26, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
EVEN BEFORE COVID...AND AIDS, BEFORE THAT...AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CULLS AND ISOLATES US......
For whatever 'reasons'.....or does 'reason' have anything to do with it.......even basically 'a bit anti-social' types, like myself, have received invitations to Spring 'gatherings' and 'events'........loquacious or just reverberative loud 'social groupings' of primates with clannishly mutual 'interests' that seem to be much more content and satisfied when in large groups.....some, in very large groups....concerts....even packed movie houses.....shopping centers.....weekend supermarkets.......fireworks and sporting events....'theme' parks....cocktail parties and 'Art' openings.....cacophonic, Woodstock-like outdoor music and theater events........and crowded juke joints.......Sometimes, but not 'always', I long for a close, very personal relationship....the kind where we primates pick off one another's fleas and ticks, massage aching muscles or just engage in more meaningful conversation while watching the clouds roll by, overhead........So, some pejoratively call me 'anti-social', because that kind of life has and has never been very appealing........Give me an amitiƩ amoureuse....or two, or three.......wherein we can look reassuringly into one another's eyes and hearts.....without the fear of impending combat.......and find some real cortical connections beneath the casual superficialities and defensive superciliousness.....
Thursday, March 18, 2021
My Ding A Ling - Songs from the Era of Suburban Middle Class Sexual Repression
Chuck, certainly, GOT IT! While little white adolescents were singing 'Lollipop, Lollipop.....OOOOh.....Lollipop!"