I’m not sure which of their children ended up with that Vota Communista! banner, but I always coveted it in a sadly materialistic way. I kinda feel like you joined Steve and I on more than one exodus over to see them, though. Maybe not? Their monthly workshop anchored my meager creative output the half-decade I lived in Eugene. I at least learned I was not a science fiction writer.
Whenever I neglected my Geometry homework, I appended what Angle Side Side scribblings I turned jn with a notation along the lines of: These straight lines are obsolescent. Einstein demonstrated the universe is curved.
Cannot chastise you about never reading their work—I never finished that pilfered copy of Finnegan’s Wake you found under the couch after i abandoned it four lines in.
Heinlein was huge in Russia after the USSR fell apart. I was a big fan. In fact, it's from him that I learned about polyamory and socially creative marriages. It's hilarious to understand how conservative he actually was. But I still love him for opening up my world :)
I love your proto-memoir chapters, and this is a yummy one. You had me at swimmers and communists, and hating geometry. What an incredible afternoon with the Oregon writers. Sometimes there’s a perfect day . . .
I’m not sure which of their children ended up with that Vota Communista! banner, but I always coveted it in a sadly materialistic way. I kinda feel like you joined Steve and I on more than one exodus over to see them, though. Maybe not? Their monthly workshop anchored my meager creative output the half-decade I lived in Eugene. I at least learned I was not a science fiction writer.
Whenever I neglected my Geometry homework, I appended what Angle Side Side scribblings I turned jn with a notation along the lines of: These straight lines are obsolescent. Einstein demonstrated the universe is curved.
Cannot chastise you about never reading their work—I never finished that pilfered copy of Finnegan’s Wake you found under the couch after i abandoned it four lines in.
Heinlein was huge in Russia after the USSR fell apart. I was a big fan. In fact, it's from him that I learned about polyamory and socially creative marriages. It's hilarious to understand how conservative he actually was. But I still love him for opening up my world :)
I love your proto-memoir chapters, and this is a yummy one. You had me at swimmers and communists, and hating geometry. What an incredible afternoon with the Oregon writers. Sometimes there’s a perfect day . . .
Thanks Susie! Confession: I’ve still never read any of their books…
You are SO BAD
Knew I could count on you for a Fibber McGee and Molly reference!
What was it with old time radio and the Midwest in the 70s? I feel like even Amos and Andy was on at my grandpa’s house in Minnesota