Barry, thank you. This means a lot coming from you. I love your birds and though I have a battle going with flickers currently, I loved todays bird, the beautiful pest.
I'm marveling at your memory as I read these fabulous stories. You must have taken good notes. Hearing Art Cavanaugh sing brought a lump to my throat, as a lot of Indian singing does. Ever since I saw “The Last of His Tribe,” with Graham Greene as Ishi, I haven't been able to hear that kind of singing without getting emotional. You may have heard of this true story of the sole remaining member of the Yahi tribe, a group of Northern California Native Americans massacred in the 1800s. At the end of the film, the man that befriended Ishi sings a song Ishi taught him and it did me in. When you sing the refrain with "Whoa" in your Zion song, it has the same effect on me. I hate what was done to the Indians. It's one of the reasons I support Adopt A Native Elder.
Of course I don't mind. You may not think we were close in High School, but we DID go on a date when we were sophomores, a drive-in, no less. "Shot in the Dark," the best of the Pink Panther movies.
Bob, I talked with Meg Glaser today and she reminded me that Paul Laxalt was no longer serving in 1995 and that my memory of the cowboy boots was on a trip Meg and I made together on behalf of the Western Folklife Center somewhat earlier. I'm sure glad to have friends that keep me from being constantly LOOSE with my memory.
Beautifully said Hal about remarkable people during a remarkable time.
Barry, thank you. This means a lot coming from you. I love your birds and though I have a battle going with flickers currently, I loved todays bird, the beautiful pest.
I'm marveling at your memory as I read these fabulous stories. You must have taken good notes. Hearing Art Cavanaugh sing brought a lump to my throat, as a lot of Indian singing does. Ever since I saw “The Last of His Tribe,” with Graham Greene as Ishi, I haven't been able to hear that kind of singing without getting emotional. You may have heard of this true story of the sole remaining member of the Yahi tribe, a group of Northern California Native Americans massacred in the 1800s. At the end of the film, the man that befriended Ishi sings a song Ishi taught him and it did me in. When you sing the refrain with "Whoa" in your Zion song, it has the same effect on me. I hate what was done to the Indians. It's one of the reasons I support Adopt A Native Elder.
thank you Kathy and I hope you don't mind that your comment of last weeks post got me thinking about other kinds of tribes, ours for instance.
Of course I don't mind. You may not think we were close in High School, but we DID go on a date when we were sophomores, a drive-in, no less. "Shot in the Dark," the best of the Pink Panther movies.
oh and thank you for posting on our class of '66 site. It's nice to see something besides one of our classmates biting the dust.
Kathy, you are the one with the good memory. My memory is we double dated to graduation dance, me with Kathy Robbins and can't remember your date.
Really enjoyed this, Hal! Thanks! Senator Paul Laxalt 😊
Bob, I talked with Meg Glaser today and she reminded me that Paul Laxalt was no longer serving in 1995 and that my memory of the cowboy boots was on a trip Meg and I made together on behalf of the Western Folklife Center somewhat earlier. I'm sure glad to have friends that keep me from being constantly LOOSE with my memory.
just made the correction, thank you Bob
yes, darn, Paul Laxalt. He seemed like a pretty good guy when I met him. I admire his family.