[AGL] different strokes, forgetting names

[fmaverick at austin.rr.com]

Yes she was. Lovely. Sometimes she introduced herself as Terrell
Maverick Webb, so everyone would know she had TWO famous husbands.
----- Original Message -----
From: michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 3:11 pm
Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes, forgetting names
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>


> Thanks Font. A wise grandmother—was she Mrs. Webb(sp?), the lovely 

> woman I knew?

> 

> On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:05 PM, fmaverick at austin.rr.com wrote:

> 

> >

> >

> > I always, always, say my name when I see someone (unless I see them

> > regularly). My memory for names is not perfect and occasionally I 

> have 

> > a

> > lapse that is beyond understanding - the person across the room is

> > someone I KNOW that I KNEW - and I can usually recall the last city

> > council meeting where I saw them in '96, and the kind of dog they 

> had.>

> > I assume that even though I am on hugging terms, the person may be

> > grieving or under some kind of stress, or may have lapses like 

> mine. I

> > said my name to Molly in the elevator when I hugged her in 

> December, 

> > and

> > I said my name to Dave yesterday. I said my name several times, 

> in 

> > fact.

> > I think Michele got it right about withholding judgement in certain

> > situations.

> >

> > One time, years ago, I chided my elderly grandmother for not 

> > introducing

> > me to some woman at a gathering - the three of us had been in a 

> brief> conversation. She told me that she could not think of the 

> woman's name,

> > and that it was de riguer for me to help the situation by 

> introducing> myself, and asking her name so that all three of us 

> would then be

> > comfortable. I have never forgotten it.

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: michele mason <yaya.m at earthlink.net>

> > Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 2:24 pm

> > Subject: Re: [AGL] different strokes for different folks

> > To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s

> > <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >

> >> Could be. My cynical side would agree. She did remember their names

> >> and

> >> why would I matter?

> >> I mean, how does one know to judge harshly without personal 

> evidence?>> I'll be away from the mac tomorrow, working on the 

> multitude of

> >> paperwork.

> >> Wishing all another lovely day.

> >>   mm

> >>

> >>

> >> On Feb 5, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

> >>

> >>> Michele,

> >>>

> >>> apparently Ann had different strokes for different folks.

> >>>

> >>> i remember her as gov giving a brief address indoors

> >>> at an art thing - Mexic-arte i think.

> >>>

> >>> standing in front of her i moved a little to the left then

> >>> a little to the right, but she had no trouble not noticing

> >>> me. if she called out to you in a crowd to ask you

> >>> about your children, she was playing you (and them)

> >>> like a piano.

> >>>

> >>> mike

> >

>