Peter, Paul, and Mary were part of my childhood. I heard them in school. I heard them on the radio. I loved Puff the Magic Dragon. I never got to see them in concert or if I did, I have forgotten it. Mary Travers passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. I put on Puff the Magic Dragon this morning and listened to it and it still makes me tear up at the end. It did as a kid and it still does as an adult. Caroline and I are going to sit down and read a rather beautiful visual rendition of the song in book form this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Henry Gibson was part of Laugh-In. I watched Laugh-In with my parents and probably got maybe a 1\/3 of the jokes if that. But it was colorful and funny. Henry Gibson had one character that stood out for me which was \u201cThe Poet\u201d that I understood the gag as I got older and I found his poems very funny. He showed up all through my television viewing most recently on \u201cBoston Legal\u201d as Judge Clark Brown who had a very funny idea of the law and what should and shouldn\u2019t be allowed. Many people really enjoyed his performance in the Blues Brothers which was a total contrast to just about anything else he had done to that point.<\/p>\n
This weekend has been thrown into flux due to professional commitments. Next weekend we are at Foolscap out in Washington State. Then we are home for a bit and then we are off on an adventure in conjunction with the Armageddon Expo in October. Good thing all our passports were in order. <\/p>\n
I am grateful that I had Peter, Paul, and Mary and Henry Gibson in my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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