Oh, Ken, thank you for Richard’s fabulous birding piece! I heard him read it, with a straight face, at a Tucson Audubon event some years ago. The birdwatcher audience exploded in laughter. It’s unforgettable, as was Richard.
Thanks Mary! I remember that event! He was so entertaining at readings--I'm honored to have been at so many of them. I'm going to miss that part of him...
Thanks Emilie! I'm also working on getting out into the world his book about the poets and writers he encountered over the many years--from Robert Frost to Gary Snyder, 39 in all, I think.
Spent many hours with Dick making up those crazy names, and you wouldn't believe the names of birds that are already official! Like the Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler--yes, a real bird!
Thanks for this, it made me smile and so reminded me of how my dad would often do something very similar with visitors to our house in the rural part of Massachusetts.
What a wonderful, apt, not to say ingenious entry after Dick's death. Thanks again, Ken.
Thanks so much, John. He's given so much wonderful material to work with!
Oh, Ken, thank you for Richard’s fabulous birding piece! I heard him read it, with a straight face, at a Tucson Audubon event some years ago. The birdwatcher audience exploded in laughter. It’s unforgettable, as was Richard.
Thanks Mary! I remember that event! He was so entertaining at readings--I'm honored to have been at so many of them. I'm going to miss that part of him...
I’d forgotten about that section on birding. It all came back to me as I read, though. Thanks. I look forward to his book on birding!
Thanks Emilie! I'm also working on getting out into the world his book about the poets and writers he encountered over the many years--from Robert Frost to Gary Snyder, 39 in all, I think.
Ha ha - love it: the Greater American Regret!
Yes, one of my favorites of his! I had to go back in my journal from our many travels and look up some of the others--
That’s hilarious!
A lovely tribute. He dad a great sense of humor. Don't forget to send me your contact info by email. Thanks, Ken.
His sense of humor is one of the things about him I will always carry with me.
Spent many hours with Dick making up those crazy names, and you wouldn't believe the names of birds that are already official! Like the Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler--yes, a real bird!
Thanks for this, it made me smile and so reminded me of how my dad would often do something very similar with visitors to our house in the rural part of Massachusetts.