tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post2172290575650206765..comments2024-03-19T02:12:41.691-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Andy Virgil - Part 7: Pyrrhic Victoryleifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-89733876863692467962007-02-05T05:35:00.000-05:002007-02-05T05:35:00.000-05:00I've been married 21 years and was the househusba...I've been married 21 years and was the househusband for a few of those at the beginning, <br />and have been making a good living from my art for quite some time since then...so hear hear! from me too.<br /><br />yes, and you do forget about the hard times.<br /><br />Eddie Campbell<br /><br />well done Leif.<br />how do you follow this ?Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-33076195950151827872007-02-05T02:00:00.000-05:002007-02-05T02:00:00.000-05:00Yes---thank you very much Anita for not only shari...Yes---thank you very much Anita for not only sharing the trials & tribulations of Andy's professional life with us but the joys of your life with him as well. I think what i admire most about you was your apparent devotion through it all--- the one constant that surely allowed him to continue....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-56318448418128128472007-02-04T23:13:00.000-05:002007-02-04T23:13:00.000-05:00The following is from an email to Anita and posted...The following is from an email to Anita and posted here with the permission of commentor Grace Marcus:<br /><br />God. I don’t know why, probably because that’s when I met you, but today’s “installment” just slays me. Especially the part of refusing work from South Africa. And those theatre nights. And the airplanes at his funeral. If the world were filled with people like Andy . . .<br /><br /><br />I loved how he was ever soft spoken, no matter what, and dignified, no matter what, and endlessly fascinated -<br />We shared some similar fascinations but I think I would have found him captivating anyway. He was a presence.<br />I was always a little in love with him, you know.<br /><br /><br />Andy’s eyes<br /><br /><br />He spoke of chainsaws and blackberries,<br />this man who is a friend of a friend twice removed.<br />Mated but fated to cross synapses with me;<br />to murmur softly as we sipped coffee at opposite tables.<br />From behind the scrim of my gaze I drank, as well, from the dark brew of his;<br />slaking, for a spell, my thirst for you.<br /><br /><br /><br />Published in The Bucks County Writer, Vol.3, No. 1, Fall 2001leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-13410563117433484792007-02-04T23:12:00.000-05:002007-02-04T23:12:00.000-05:00Posted at Anita's request:
Dearest Anita –
After ...Posted at Anita's request:<br /><br />Dearest Anita –<br />After reading all seven of the installments, to quote the Brits, I’m gobsmacked. It was like reading a novel I couldn’t put down, but had to wait a day to get the next installment (and that’s from someone who knew a lot of the “story” to begin with!). You did a magnificent job and I’m so glad that it was all received so well<br /><br />With love,<br /><br />Andrea [Luciano]leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.com