1975 Diary #7

 

1975 continues with some 

Canada Geese flying by my window,

Fuji's Five and Dime Store,

Seafair hydroplanes

more sci-fi movies

1975 Diary #6

 

 

The 1975 diary returns with 

Wizard of Oz, watched on our 

black and white TV so I never knew 

it turned into color until many years 

later. Sonics basketball and sci-fi.

The 2000 Year old Man, (see 

May 3, 2012 blog entry)

enchiladas and symphony.

 

Here's the actual Friday night 

television schedule that 

Brenda and I watched:  

livre review

This is Paris, by M. Sasek (1959)

A Kovacs Critter

If my job was like one of my favorite shows

Kovacs on the Corner, I could take a walk

outside right now and probably bump

right into a regular character.

There’s this odd fellow who always

seems to be around somewhere, waiting,

like that big dog with the cigar

Ernie Kovacs keeps noticing.

However, it’s not the same.

I ought to be careful,

for as J.Genius is quick to warn me,

becoming Marlin Perkins on grainy television:

"You might not guess it by the look of him,

but this little critter can unleash the Devil's fury when at bay..."

More James Flora

 

We just read James Flora's book

Pishtosh, Bullwash & Wimple (1972)

(see blog entry from May 30, 2012)

This is from the book cover sleeve:

“Even as a small boy, James Flora drew pictures 

to amuse himself, and though he was born and 

raised on the small inland town of Bellefontaine, 

Ohio, he has always loved boats. It was this love 

that led him to make his home in Rowayton, 

Connecticut, where his own boat can ride at 

anchor just offshore. This move came only 

after years of study and work—in junior college, 

at an architectural school, and finally an art 

school. Then there was a period when the artist 

and a friend scraped together enough money to 

buy a hand press and a little type, and for four 

years they ran the Little Man’s Press in Cincinnati. 

After that Flora, a jazz enthusiast, became art 

director for Columbia records, with many of his 

own designs appearing on the albums. Later, he 

moved to Mexico with his growing family, and 

for a year and a half stayed there, painting, 

sketching, working with the local craftsmen 

and artists. Later still, Mr. Flora moved to 

Connecticut with his wife and five children, 

where he still lives and works as a free-lance 

artist.”

1975 Diary #5

 

more from 1975, 

chasing our dog around 

Wallingford, palaces in the dirt,

Herfy's, slavery, a kidnap attempt, 

the Muppets, swearing, 

Friday Harbor, log-rolling, 

eels & The Sweet Tooth Saloon