Kel’s cabin, winter he and Scott bickering like an old married couple far from and all of their macho strutting ice fishing, a constant fire in the hearth and drinks by the barrel two old friends i see not often enough Kel’s prayer to Becky Johnson’s ass heartfelt and hilarious, he fell to his knees raised his arms and begged
I saw the whole scene, including the huge walleye fish. I actually had to look that up; I never heard of it before, but it's not a sardine!
The whole poem has the vitality of men who've known each other, fished and/or hunted together and have that special comraderie. I was never someone who 'hung' out at bars, But when I started teaching at Riverdale Country School I had two life-long friends, Satish and Ron, who took me out on Friday after school to a local bar. Those times were so great. Satish introduced me to Scotch and we had the same conversations about certain teachers. One kindergarten teacher in particular was very voluptuous and we drank and dreamed of this person with her clothes whisked off. In life we we were very respectful and my wife and I went out with this lady her husband.
Blab! Blab! Blab! The really important thing here is how you captured those precious moments and did it so succintly and yet full of flavor. ....so what doew a walleye taste like??
Yes, good times with good friends. Some people you lose track of, some remain friends for life. Some like these two written about, you might see once a decade but after one minute it's like no time has passed. Are you still in touch with Satish and Ron?...Walleye is great. It's a white fish. Tender and delicious. Could go for some now but might have to settle for dorado (mahi mahi) or atun (tuna). Which will be just fine ;)
I knos exactly what you mean regarding those special friends who you don't see regularly, but they are friends for life. We're in California now, and Satish and Ron and their family (I taught all their kids and love them to pieces) are in New York, but we still keep in touch. Satish's wife, Terri, is a book lover (as am I of course) and we share books back and forth across the country.
One of my favorite lifetime connections is with a student I taught back in 1977 when he was 11 years old. When we were in New York, he stayed in touch and I stayed in touch. He grew up and we were spending time with his wife and kids and he with ours. He comes out to California every year to visit. He was a little red-headed devil when he was 11, but so smart. He's now the CEO of the company that produces and copyrights musicals for children based on Broadway shows. His name is Drew Cohen.
I once knew an Andrew Cohen but he had black hair and wasn't a CEO ;) That's great you guys keep in touch. It's like you've adopted him. His work sounds very interesting or at least in theory and if he is able to attend those Broadway shows and not just copyright them.
I'll send you a picture of my wife and I with Drew He doesn't just copyright original broadway musicals, his company adapts them (if they are appropriate for teenage and middle grade performances. When I was a kid and did theater they had to use the adult scripts and just edit them by hand. Sometimes the edits were hysterical where they tried to get rid of risque material and did very odd things to cope.
Very cool. Sounds like a great line of work to be in. We grew up in the theater when my mom taught theater and put on plays for a community college. We, she included, were all very sad when she had to switch careers to become a copywriter and writer for hire...I bet some of the odd things they came up with to cope with risque behavior was quite hysterical.
I saw the whole scene, including the huge walleye fish. I actually had to look that up; I never heard of it before, but it's not a sardine!
The whole poem has the vitality of men who've known each other, fished and/or hunted together and have that special comraderie. I was never someone who 'hung' out at bars, But when I started teaching at Riverdale Country School I had two life-long friends, Satish and Ron, who took me out on Friday after school to a local bar. Those times were so great. Satish introduced me to Scotch and we had the same conversations about certain teachers. One kindergarten teacher in particular was very voluptuous and we drank and dreamed of this person with her clothes whisked off. In life we we were very respectful and my wife and I went out with this lady her husband.
Blab! Blab! Blab! The really important thing here is how you captured those precious moments and did it so succintly and yet full of flavor. ....so what doew a walleye taste like??
Yes, good times with good friends. Some people you lose track of, some remain friends for life. Some like these two written about, you might see once a decade but after one minute it's like no time has passed. Are you still in touch with Satish and Ron?...Walleye is great. It's a white fish. Tender and delicious. Could go for some now but might have to settle for dorado (mahi mahi) or atun (tuna). Which will be just fine ;)
I knos exactly what you mean regarding those special friends who you don't see regularly, but they are friends for life. We're in California now, and Satish and Ron and their family (I taught all their kids and love them to pieces) are in New York, but we still keep in touch. Satish's wife, Terri, is a book lover (as am I of course) and we share books back and forth across the country.
One of my favorite lifetime connections is with a student I taught back in 1977 when he was 11 years old. When we were in New York, he stayed in touch and I stayed in touch. He grew up and we were spending time with his wife and kids and he with ours. He comes out to California every year to visit. He was a little red-headed devil when he was 11, but so smart. He's now the CEO of the company that produces and copyrights musicals for children based on Broadway shows. His name is Drew Cohen.
I once knew an Andrew Cohen but he had black hair and wasn't a CEO ;) That's great you guys keep in touch. It's like you've adopted him. His work sounds very interesting or at least in theory and if he is able to attend those Broadway shows and not just copyright them.
I'll send you a picture of my wife and I with Drew He doesn't just copyright original broadway musicals, his company adapts them (if they are appropriate for teenage and middle grade performances. When I was a kid and did theater they had to use the adult scripts and just edit them by hand. Sometimes the edits were hysterical where they tried to get rid of risque material and did very odd things to cope.
Very cool. Sounds like a great line of work to be in. We grew up in the theater when my mom taught theater and put on plays for a community college. We, she included, were all very sad when she had to switch careers to become a copywriter and writer for hire...I bet some of the odd things they came up with to cope with risque behavior was quite hysterical.
B, did you do any acting in your mom's plays? I have an image of a ten year old B on stage.
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Good times, good times!
Hell yeah! Could go for some of that right about now