Sir Vivian and Survival
When spoons were in short supply,
In Fort Supply, Oklahoma
When the lights go out in Georgia"
Gerald Allen George
G. A. George
GA., Georgia
George Latimer won in the Bronx. My great grandfather was a George Latimer from Canada. There was a former slave George Latimer from Virginia , I believe.
This is a story developed from something I saw on tv in the early morning, and was developed further in a dream. I woke up to write it down.
A young Hispanic male was being interrogated in Florida in a murder case. Another young Hispanic male had been shot and killed. The young man accused claimed to have been out of the State when the murder happened. Cell phone records showed otherwise. It became apparent that another male, older, was present. The young man would not give up the older man's identity. Finally, threatened with a long prison sentence, the young man told the truth. The older man was the young man's brother. The two young men were lovers. There may have been money involved. The older brother killed his brother's lover in part because of the shame involved. They tried to make it look like a suicide. The young man had fled the State. Now, the brother would be arrested, and both prosecuted. It was a predictable story
Her full name was Maria Thelma de la Rosario Madrano Menendez de la Riva. She was very beautiful, and apparently very rich. We met in Houston in the early 60's. She was a student at Sacred Heart Academy; I was an undergrad at Rice University. We met at a mixer. She was from Guatemala; I was from Fort Worth. We dated a few times. I had a blue Olds convertible. The nuns checked us out fairly thoroughly. One time we went to a party at the Houston Yacht Club I belonged to Baker College. Thelma was all awash in jewels and fur. I remember that she took several of her classmates home for Christmas. I was so shy, I never even kissed her; but I never forgot her name.
Defacing Stonehenge. What an atrocity. How unhinged!! Throw the book at them. Deranged.
La Grave Field will be torn down. It is an old baseball venue just north of downtown Fort Worth in an industrial warehouse district. It was originally home to the Fort Worth Cats, a minor league farm team. My parents often took us there over sixty years ago. More recently it hosted another team. I remember flag pole sitters when I was young. It is a sad farewell to another era.
Juneteenth, June 19, 1865, is the day we celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S., but actually it was the day the navy ships arrived in Galveston harbor and announced freedom to Texas slaves. It has been a Texas holiday for generations. All slavery in the U.S. did not end until 1866 when a constitutional amendment was passed. There were still slaves held in some northern states not covered by the Emancipation proclamation. Still, it is as good a reason to celebrate as any. Happy Juneteenth
Anouk Aimee has died at 92. A remarkable French actress, Ms. Aimee played the protagonist s wife in Federico Fellini s autobiographical film 8 and a half, his last in black and white, as far as I know. She was talented and beautiful.
About the far eastern provinces of Ukraine, now occupied by Russia. They are largely Russiañ speaking, Russian writing, and Russian reading, and have been fighting for years to go back to Russia. If Ukraine had not been threatening to join NATO, with the Bidens encouragement, there might not have been a war. Would not have happened under Trump.
woke up singing "i'm losing my religion" by r.e.m. of course, i am not. i am still a conservative christian, but i love that song.
saw the band themselves on tv last night or early this morning. they were reunited (not performing) in their hometown of athens, georgia, after 11 years disbanded. they are being admitted to the rock and roll hall of fame. what took so long?
i remember coming out of my father's office in downtown fort worth, where i worked as well, one saturday afternoon forty years ago, and finding the downtown arts festival in full swing. i heard that song over a loudspeaker. they, r.e.m., were very popular back then. my friends at the four star coffee bar and the koffee haus on main street played that song all the time. a group of those friends moved to nashville, tennessee, about then. they were in their twenties. today, one is a successful musician-songwriter in arkansas; one is a restaurant manager in arkansas, and another manages a restaurant in nashville. they are all doing well, with families.
the video for that song features imagery, sometimes hindu, sometimes christian. in my view, those two are not equivalent. i believe Jesus Christ is the lord of this universe. "through Him all things were made". i worship Him, and Him alone. praise be to His Holy Name.
