[AGL] ] Fan Letter

[Gerry]

And I am not, though living alone. Son, Miles, is due for visit starting
tomorrow.
G


----- Original Message -----
From: "mwheless" <mwheless at airmail.net>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: [AGL] ] Fan Letter


> Hey, don't forget me. I am childless.
> marilyn
> in
> menard
> West Texas Headquarters
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <blacky at cbn.net.id>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:21 PM
> Subject: [AGL] Fan Letter
>
>
> Mike, I always enjoy your writing style and 'take' on the situation. You
> have an expressive way about you.
>
> Cheers
>
> BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
>
> according to literature, the average man/woman lives a life
> > of silent dispair.
> >
> > many in real life opiate themselves with their living descendants,
> > many (most?) of us here at Austin ghetto are childless. about
> > half and half married and living alone. Connie is in Houston,
> > Karen (childless) is in Austin, so is Fontaine. Ewie in Hawaii,
> > Byron (childless) in Indonesia, Gilbert (childless) in France,
> > Jon Ford in Palo Alto, Wayne (childless) in semi-rural Virginia,
> > Gerry near Silver Springs, NM
> >
> > in flights of fancy we long for Xanadu. Xanadu is out in the
> > country, friendly locals, easy grocery shopping, and the
> > weather. Oh dear! the weather in Xanadu is 73 Fahrenheit
> > all the time. a great place to be when dealing with our
> > poisonal devils.
> >
> > it is very dangerous to live in Xanadu if your poisonal life
> > is not keeping up with what is available out there.
> >
> > not easy to live in NYC or Paris without a better than
> > average despair coefficient. imagine the alienation of
> > being alone in such a place.
> >
> > still and all one could be living in the ninth arrondissement
> > surrounded by minorities and dog shit but go down the
> > street and stand on a blvd and look towards the west
> > and see the architecture receding into the haze and feel
> > oneself lifted up by its majesty out of one's poisonal funk
> > for a moment into pure transcendance of self .
> >
> > that can also be managed in the country with a natural
> > landscape which will lift you up likewise. trouble with
> > the country lifting, it soon reduces itself to the inanity
> > of rural life, to use Marx's phrase and you're back in
> > your poisonal funk maybe even worse than in the city.
> >
> > Mike (childless)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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