tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post8091517967338361970..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Quartet for Christmas: Beautiful, Familiar, Unusual, ClassicIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-22140813015397962422011-12-27T08:48:52.018-05:002011-12-27T08:48:52.018-05:00Don,
Feel like I've spoken with that little b...Don,<br /><br />Feel like I've spoken with that little bird before. <br /><br />And it said: "Someone's told me that, from here on out, it will get lighter every day."<br /><br />Now that's my definition of being able to see the tree for the forest.<br /><br />(WV = no, not "sunfish", but... "wellitip"!)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-11650772301454058452011-12-26T12:26:38.664-05:002011-12-26T12:26:38.664-05:00Sunfish out now... got my "contributor's ...Sunfish out now... got my "contributor's copy two daze ago:<br /><br /> http://otherroom.org/tag/ed-baker/<br /><br />never heard/read any of the others....<br /><br />my biggest regret re: Huff?<br /><br />that there is/was no cafe/hang-out like the one he hung out in<br /><br />all we got around here is this Plastic Sissy Coffee Shops<br /> ... Starbucks with their virtual faux microwaved "food"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-16505856571921832702011-12-26T12:19:46.726-05:002011-12-26T12:19:46.726-05:00Ah, yes, Kokkie-san - our memories will go with al...Ah, yes, Kokkie-san - our memories will go with all of us - published a poem by Huff about that:<br /><br />All those<br />I have mourned<br />will die<br />with my dying:<br />my mother's hopes,<br />and my father's doom:<br />all the faces,<br />all the rooms.<br /><b>Albert Huffstickler</b><br /><br />Good to hear Sunfish publication forthcoming ... thinking now, though, written words will remain.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-60208596715271439162011-12-26T08:03:23.626-05:002011-12-26T08:03:23.626-05:00went with Nanny many times (well, maybe 3) NOT to...went with Nanny many times (well, maybe 3) NOT to movies to see her but to various clubs to see her shows.<br /><br />last time live? Was when I took Anita Pacentrelli ON A DATE to the Carter Baron Amphitheater <br /> was Ramsey Lewis Trio with her.. I was driving then so<br />it must have been around 1958 ?<br /><br />lots of (now) Very Huge (legendary) singers knew my grandmother<br /> from Ball'imore, D.C.<br /><br />damn shame that I didn't ...... but, I was about 16 when she died<br />& wasn't too concerned with what was passing away!<br /><br />now that I am 70 ? I'm yet not too concerned... (if at all)<br /><br />My memories in Memory will go with me... an dall that will be left: to feed the dust motes/mites/mots <br /><br />nor Anita, nor Doan-Trang, nor Fay-Ling, nor Sun-Young will care..<br /><br /> this IS the Natural Course of Things, EH?<br />everything else is just pissing-between-the-Silences.<br /> & , well, writing & drawing some of The Bones down.<br /><br />I have parts out of my latest Magnificent Opus in current issue of Sunfish some of it coming in next issue together? about 1/2 of ARS POETIC HER<br /><br />et cetera;<br /><br />Kokkie-sanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-20217511560770893502011-12-26T07:38:26.658-05:002011-12-26T07:38:26.658-05:00Merrill:
Sparrow often crops up for me but at a r...Merrill:<br /><br />Sparrow often crops up for me but at a reading of new material before Christmas, I noticed only while reading how many times.<br /><br />So, going with the flow, sparrow makes another appearance. I see so many on the cold winter walk to work and they never fail to charm me.<br /><br />Happy Christmas!<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-10020491869150393672011-12-26T07:36:02.320-05:002011-12-26T07:36:02.320-05:00Charles:
I bet you do! I know I do.Charles:<br /><br />I bet you do! I know I do.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-55673845626050453172011-12-26T07:35:32.415-05:002011-12-26T07:35:32.415-05:00Yes, Ed, she will always be endeared to me not onl...Yes, Ed, she will always be endeared to me not only for wonderful talent but her never back down approach.<br /><br />The Johnson thing raised her to cult hero status ... a real big deal back then.<br /><br />I wonder which movie that was you went to see with your grandmother?<br /><br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-91173490738847733992011-12-26T07:33:35.232-05:002011-12-26T07:33:35.232-05:00Wrick: Thanks ... here's a less high profile ...Wrick: Thanks ... here's a less high profile version of <a href="http://youtu.be/EhiB5Y-iEW4" rel="nofollow">Mele Kalikimaka</a> Mele Kalikimaka than Bing Crosby or Jimmy Buffett, but the still are gorgeous.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-78991643181607251762011-12-26T07:33:34.451-05:002011-12-26T07:33:34.451-05:00Wrick: Thanks ... here's a less high profile ...Wrick: Thanks ... here's a less high profile version of <a href="http://youtu.be/EhiB5Y-iEW4" rel="nofollow">Mele Kalikimaka</a> Mele Kalikimaka than Bing Crosby or Jimmy Buffett, but the still are gorgeous.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-5011351457145245562011-12-26T07:31:31.145-05:002011-12-26T07:31:31.145-05:00Happy Christmas, Bandito! DonHappy Christmas, Bandito! DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63306909944064293972011-12-25T15:36:25.910-05:002011-12-25T15:36:25.910-05:00Don you have melted my heart with the sparrow and ...Don you have melted my heart with the sparrow and the river... and all of life you share. Many thanks, blessed light. Merrillsnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316143918251372333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-62988097841572604622011-12-25T11:43:00.506-05:002011-12-25T11:43:00.506-05:00I have to admit to kind of liking Santa Baby!I have to admit to kind of liking Santa Baby!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-76581494244116471082011-12-25T11:16:47.722-05:002011-12-25T11:16:47.722-05:00Eartha Kitt...
about as Beautiful
as anything ...Eartha Kitt...<br /><br />about as Beautiful<br />as anything ever<br /> gets/got.<br /><br />recall when she told Johnson's wife<br />that the VN war was a crock?<br /><br />she was frequently here in D.C.<br /><br />first time I saw her show... in the 50's at<br />The Blues Alley or was it Blue Mirror ?<br /><br />no, the first time was at Club Kavakos<br />over on 8 th & H Streets, N.E.<br /><br />around the corner from where we had the store/lived..<br />my grandmother took me<br /><br />one of her very early movies was on the other day...<br /><br />among her many, many "classics"?<br /> that Santa song...Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-44713371674946666472011-12-25T08:56:31.950-05:002011-12-25T08:56:31.950-05:00Mele Kalikimaka. because it's possible. alohaMele Kalikimaka. because it's possible. alohaWrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508727428020453777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-40186619993390902112011-12-25T01:22:46.018-05:002011-12-25T01:22:46.018-05:00Merry Christmas, Don!Merry Christmas, Don!bandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291863523347898783noreply@blogger.com