Late mid-afternoon. You and Carol are back at the bottom north end of Pine Hill park. You bought a hot chocolate and Carol a cafe au lait with the addition of two oatmeal-raisin cookies from Kidd’s. The Boy Scouts delivered twenty bags of dark mulch mid-afternoon, so now you are free for the rest of the day – you didn’t know when they were going to deliver and as it has been raining throughout the day Carol thought the garage would be best.
We sat around with a carry out lunch from Penn Station and caught up on some DVR: “Missing”, “CSI NY”. Yesterday we also watched “Person of Interest”. We enjoy all these shows. We have both been addicted to crime mysteries since the radio days of “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”. (I wonder if that is on Wikipedia?) Wow. It does not exist. The show was a great in the early to mid fifties. Carol listened to reruns later in Korea and Vietnam on Armed Forces Radio.
Earlier today I received a note from Jay, an former IHHS student about “Manny” secretly donating a great amount of money to privately help the French Resistance during the war – it concludes by mentioning who Manny was (no one ever knew); it was Emanuel Goldenberg (Edward G. Robinson). I just checked Wiki though and there is no reference to “Manny”. I have seen this “Manny” commentary before. It is a good story that I hope would be true – that there was a secret “Manny” who delivered cash for goods to the French Resistance. It does not have to have been Emanuel Goldenberg.
You are forever a Romantic, orndorff. Your ‘muse’ had you pegged correctly – forever hopeful (even if in secret). – Amorella
Even as an existentialist what good would it be to even be otherwise?
One would be a realist, boy. – Amorella
Home. Scopes says the story of Goldenberg as Manny is False in the specifics though he did contribute a lot to the war effort in money and time. It looks like the ‘Manny’ story was an embellishment, an added tribute to the good works the man/actor did do.
While you are thinking about it, put the half a loaf of old bread in the car for the birds at the park for tomorrow. Post. – Amorella
I remembered to check on Johnny Dollar. Here’s what I found on Wikipedia. I could not find it offline because I did not include the comma “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”. Obviously, the app is not perfect.
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“Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama of "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account — America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator." The show aired on CBS Radio from January 14, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and more than 720 still exist today.” - Wikipedia
** ** 2057 hours. We had leftovers (stuffed peppers) for supper, quite excellent then watched the DVRed “Blue Bloods”. Carol is watching “Scandal” and I have “Grimm” and “Touch” to watch sometime this weekend. Again, I am ready to go to bed early. I would like to continue with scene ten but nothing comes to mind.
How about Merlyn reminiscing about the last dream Arthur said he had (riding his horse into the night to find Guinevere) and how this sets Merlyn’s mood before he interrupts Sophia? Also, you need to check the time of day in the story and to remind the reader. And, while you are at it, download the blog since December to have everything more up to date. One more thing, find the photo and info on the horse in your notes. All that before we continue with scene ten. – Amorella
I never know what to expect from you, Amorella. Orders on a Saturday night.
You tell everyone that when you are retired, “Everyday is Saturday.” You need prodded every so often, this is one of those times.
At least you don’t have a pitchfork.
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