Rembering Vonnegut's admonitions...
Last year I told you about Arthur VanTowsey, one of my touchstones of remembrance. Every year I remind you to remember Kurt Vonnegut's birthday today, along with his admonitions to seek peace and to enjoy today, both lessons he learned as a WWII POW in Dresden during those devastating firestorms and shared in his famous Saughterhouse Five.As I was writing this month's missive the sad news of Leonard Cohen's passing reached me. So I offer you a memory of his style and grace. You're probably already listening to streams of his melodies, as am I.
As Kurt wrote so many times in his Slaughterhouse Five, "So it goes." Alas, we've seen too many go this year.
My favourite Vonnegut book, however, is Cat's Cradle. I think I might have been happy to be a follower of Bokonon.
My favourite L. Cohen song, is Tower of Song. "I asked Hank Williams how lonely does it get. Hank Williams hasn't answered yet."
Both Leonard and Kurt were blessed with a profound understanding of lonliness and unique golden voices that helped us to accept and appreciate and love. I offer my thanks to them both. So it goes.
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If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
Kurt Vonnegut, of course:
