Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:05:35 -0700
From: "Randy Ross" <gloreeeah-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] "Up story"


halcyon days.... i was wondering how such an articulate puppeteer could have
had halcyon daze, confulsing the reference with the the controversial benzo
medication halcion.  I have since been referencing halcyon days, and am
saddened that such a beautiful phrase could be changed so drastically by
naming a medication after it.
when i first read your post I thougth how amazing that the puppeteer was
able to preform and be thta organized whilst in a halcion daze.  mixing it
up with the original halcyon days, meaning calm and pleasurable times.

thank you for bringing the original meaning of halcyon days to me.

best
carnival  sized cinnamon hearts.


On 8/22/08, Michael Moynihan <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Great & wonderful story!
> Nice website!
> Thanks for telling.
> - mjm
>
> On Aug 22, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Charles Taylor wrote:
>
> > It is such a downer to think of puppets being stolen out of a van
> > during
> > a tour, or any time for that matter.
> > Here is an "UP" story I wish to relate:
> >
> > After the 1965 riots in Los Angeles, I was hired to tour my marionette
> > show through South Central Los Angeles, at  four shows a day for one
> > dollar and sixty nine cents an hour which included traveling, set up
> > and workshop time.
> >
> > I truthfully must admit that I was apprehensive because of all the
> > negative news film I had witnessed on television.  it was a
> > frightening
> > time to think that was so much hate, distrust and meaness in our
> > society
> > from all sides.
> >
> > I toured for seven years and discovered THE MOST responsive, generous
> > and caring audience I ever had the pleasure to meet.  I would show
> > up at
> > a school and there would be over two hundred students waiting.  There
> > would be at least a dozen  eleven or twelve year olds willing to help
> > carry my paraphernalia into the auditorium and back after the show.  I
> > mistakenly feared that something might be light fingered away.  It
> > never
> > happened.  I never lost so much as a button. I didn't realize it at
> > the
> > time but those were my Halcyon days!
> >
> > Another upside was that I received recognition from the Mayor of Los
> > Angeles that people from South Central were calling in praising me for
> > being a positive thing that was being done for the school children in
> > South Central L.A..  My boss, Al Minturn was pleased to relate the
> > story
> > to me. He received a promotion.
> >
> > It opened my eyes to how much we allow fear and mistrust to enter our
> > thinking.  FDR, Franklin Delanor Roosevelt, was right, We have NOTHING
> > to fear but fear itself.  Oh yes, we do have our ups and downs that
> > aggravate and make life more complicated.  I've also learned there is
> > truth in, "What doesn't destroy us, makes us stronger"!
> >
> > My wife on the other hand says I'm a fool and was lucky as . . . .(You
> > fill in the experlative!)
> >
> > P.S.  I finally quit performing that tour because a less supportive
> > boss
> > replaced my orginal, Al Minturn.  The new guy, a Mr. Jim Young, never
> > saw my performance but felt that since the show lasted only thirty
> > minutes, I should receive one dollar and sixty nine cents per every
> > two
> > shows.  He would not agree to travel, set up time or workshop time as
> > part of my salary.   Even in 1972 wages, that was too absurd!
> >
> > I focused on teaching and used my puppetry as an avocation until now
> > that I am retired. We also charge a far more generous fee for our
> > performances.
> >
> > For those that are interested, you can see our website at:
> > tinkertaylorpuppets.info.
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