Corte Madera My Dear-a
Frances Morey
frances_morey@excite.com
Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:23:32 -0800 (PST)
Monty,
I was having a thorough apartment cleaning and ran across Monty's poignant
telling of his experience with Eddie Wilson and the John Clay fundraiser,
which may or may not have resulted in John ever getting one sou. I had
printed it out and it resides in my e-mail printed files folder. It was just
as interesting as when Monty first wrote it. I was glad that I saved a copy.
John is still living with Leo Sullivan and though Leo's bride doesn't much
care for him, the arrangement goes on.
Frances
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:06:02 -0800, Monty/Judith Herr wrote:
> 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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