Speaking of my Mom (previous post) below are a couple of the many letters she wrote to the Enterprise through the years. The editor of the Enterprise, my friend Rick Boyd, once informed me that he always arranged the letters to the editor by placing what he considered to be the best one first. While Rick was not the editor in 1959, the date of Mom’s initial letter to the editor, both of her two letters here held the primo first slot in that week’s Enterprise. First, her 1959 letter:
A May 1992 letter to the editor from her reflects that her priorities had changed as she grew older. Again, note the hers’ was the first letter displayed and this time it was by Rick’s selection:
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Watched and enjoyed the PBS Miles Davis documentary the other night. However, it made me feel kind of sorry (ok, kind of blue) for him because it didn’t seem like he led a very happy life. The documentary, which you can find on Youtube, doesn’t dwell a lot on Miles’ dark side but you get the idea as you hear from various folks who knew him and relate his life story. (For a film that does show the more mercurial side of Miles watch Miles Ahead directed by and starring Don Cheadle.)
In general, I don’t like it when artists performing live noodle around killing time with a song before they decide to really kick into it. However, the way Miles works his way into this one makes the wait all the better and ultimately worth it.