Corte Madera My Dear-a

[Monty/Judith Herr]

Re Marin - I've got a story to tell as well - not about Corte Madera, but
further up - Pointe Reyes to be exact.

Monty and I were surviving in SF on  Jones Avenue in 1961 and decided one
Saturday to get married - went to the courthouse - no judges worked on
Saturday.  So, with a friend as a witness (she was the designated witness
because she had access to a  car), we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and
started up the coast looking for a justice of the peace.  None in Sausalito,
etc....kept driving north.  Unfortunately I was three months pregnant with
Misty, so, the bride became car sick as we made our way past Murr Woods -
and, finally reached Point Reyes Station and found a willing JP.

He performed the ceremony in his living room, a bit perturbed by our lack of
decorum and  unusual appearance for a wedding couple.  Monty   borrowed
money from the witness for the ceremony  (Monty discretely slipped the JP
$10 in his palm and was rewarded with  "Mr. Herr, my fee is $20.")
Afterwards, we went back into the city for a celebratory dinner  - car
sickness having subsided -  dinner in North Beach at the New Leaning Pisa
(or something like that).

And, 25 years later while living in New Orleans, Monty secretly found the JP
(then a retired judge in Marin), made flight and Inn reservations, and we
flew to SF, rented a car, crossed the San Rafael bridge past Alcatraz, and
drove on up the coast to be remarried at the JP's home again.......he was
much more comfortable with us the second time around - many beatnik and
hippie weddings later, he had experience with a few that actually
lasted.........

And, the moral of this story is....well, whatever.....

Judith M. Herr
Well Chosen Words
herrj@attbi.net
925-443-4514
925-989-3723 (cellular)


-----Original Message-----
From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of telebob x
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:28 PM
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Subject: RE: Corte Madera My Dear-a


Wow, I had no idea we had so many Corte Madera alums.  I too lived there
from 72 to 76....up there on Christmas Tree Hill with a nice view of San
Quentin...the strange and reclusive  Jack Cassady's estate backed up to my
backyard...Owsley lived there too....life in Marin...all too much and so
many years ago...but I bailed to North Beach...not too shocking a
transition....I do not know what would have happened if I had gone straight
to Round Rock without a decompression stage like a few years in Oregon...so
that Texas seemed a lateral move...rather than a dive into the middle of the
Brobdingnagians (or was that Yahoos?).
tele

PS- Mike...don't let the gnome get your paintings in a wad. Also...I was
never tempted to even join the Y in Marin...not to mention the Taliban.


>From: Frances Morey <Frances_Morey@excite.com>
>Reply-To: <frances_morey@excite.com>
>To: Harry Edwards <hedwards@gstype.com>, Wayne Johnson
><cadaobh2@brgnet.com>
>CC: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: RE: Walker etc.
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:46:59 -0800 (PST)
>
>Is that Madiera and Rolling Rock?
>Frances
>
>
>On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:37:23 -0600 (CST), Harry Edwards wrote:
>
> >  No, Wayne, I went cold turkey.  Straight from Corte Madera to Round
>Rock.
> >
> >  H
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  >Harry, if you lived in Marin for 14 years, as you stated, did you have
>any
> >  >problems with your de-programming?
> >  >
> >  >One action, some have taken with some success, is to wean yourself
>gradually
> >  >from Marin-itis by spending  couple of years in.....Palo Alto!
>(smirk,
> >  >giggle)
> >  >
> >  >Yours.
> >  >
> >  >Wayne
> >  >
> >  >(Corte Madera Class of '72)
> >  >
> >  >-----Original Message-----
> >  >From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
> >  >[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Harry
>Edwards
> >  >Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:45 AM
> >  >To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> >  >Subject: Walker etc.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >Jon and others:
> >  >
> >  >I am well aware that John Walker didn't literally run away to join the
> >  >Taliban.  Hell, I lived in Marin County  for 14 years and know well
>the
> >  >lure of various wierdnesses for unquestioning souls.
> >  >
> >  >On a related note, a thought for the day from Charles Manson:
> >  >
> >  >		Twenty-five years ago,
> >  >		being crazy meant something.
> >  >		Now everybody's crazy.
> >  >
> >  >Peace,
> >  >Harry
> >


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