Apr 12
Henry and Me (In 3-D and High Def): A Cartoon Essay
categories: Cocktail Hour
8 comments
We have been getting a lot more eyes on these pages lately, which seems a perfect excuse to recycle something old as if it’s new (which Thoreau, the thrifty bugger, would have approved of). Anyway here, in a slightly different format, is my cartoon take on my complex relationship with Henry David…….
Geesh, can’t you memiorists forgive a guy a little creative non-fiction in a frickin’ cartoon! This might be my favorite piece, intimate and frank, well-said, and well-drawn, regardless of who(m) the author gives the good line to. BRAVO!! And I’ll say it: Thoreau gave you your life back! It just took 25 years to figure it out. And I bet his shack leaked like a sieve in the rain.
I want my life ruined like David’s–where do I sign up?
The answer is: see the post coming Wednesday! Come spend a week with Bill and Dave in the Carolina Mtns!
Actually, the correct answer is: Santa Cruz, summer of 1983. 🙂
I always thought it was your daughter who asked if that’s where the man who ruined daddy’s life lived. Didn’t Thoreau say something about the unruined life not be worth quoting?
Okay, look, I’m a big fat liar. Bring me to Oprah! I said it, but somehow don’t want to say, in a story, “Here’s this witty thing I said…..” (Boy, I am witty, though.)
I never said Thoreau ruined your life. But I won’t sue. Or tell Oprah.
I said it. Thoreau ruined your life.