May 16, 2004 Dear friends and family, I'm off on the next leg of the pro leisure tour. It's the wisdom seeking portion of the journey. I'll be in Senegal visiting the Goudiaby family from May 17 through May 31. I hope to learn the whole life story of Souleymane Goudiaby aged 102 or thereabouts. I will share his words of wisdom with all of you. From May 31 through June 14 I'll be in France mostly with Sisi Dugue, an 80 something French friend of mine who also has quite a story to tell and many words of wisdom about how to enjoy life French style -- eat, live, and make love as often as possible. June 14 through the 20th I'll be in Ireland with sisters Mary and Molly and Molly's husband Tim and their son Woody. It will be a big celebration on June 16 for James Joyce's character Leopold Bloom in the novel Ulysses. Everyone in Dublin will be drinking and recounting the life of Bloom. Not having read Ulysses, I plan to enjoy the drinking. Of course I bought a copy which I plan to read before arriving.. Tim will fill us all in, being the Joyce scholar that he is. Then I'm on to England June 20 to visit friends I worked with in television land last year. I also hope to see my old college friend Paul Merson and the Coopers who were friends of mine when I lived in Dakar. I return to the states June 30, whereupon I will immediately head to Maine with Kenny and his famous friend, Tim Keating, and Tim's wife, Viki. I'm a little frantic now because I have to leave for the airport in 45 minutes and I can't find my malaria pills. Kenny has gone through all the garbage cans and is currently emptying my suitcase to find them. They seem to have disappeared completely. In fact, I've given up hope at this point, and will just have to buy some when I arrive in Dakar. Love you all loads. P. S. Miracle of miracles! Kenny just found the malaria pills on the floor next to the night stand in the bedroom. Yeah Kenny. [ home ] |