tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383530299213732397.post1866498321855125524..comments2023-11-03T11:00:53.373-05:00Comments on Swimming Underwater: Atomic ShadowsRaymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16539188502749432340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383530299213732397.post-83144848255130099782013-04-25T13:51:29.737-05:002013-04-25T13:51:29.737-05:00Raymond, had I known you back then, I would have b...Raymond, had I known you back then, I would have been able to give Mert back what he had given you. I've know Mert for 60+- years. Nice guy, loveable bully. That was back in my younger, verile, athletic days. Too late now. Today is my older, weaker, feeble days.<br /><br />Hadn't seen or heard from Mert in many years. Do you know if he is still with us?Jerry Leggiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15286162335775048431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383530299213732397.post-17517594776295247562013-04-11T21:41:11.099-05:002013-04-11T21:41:11.099-05:00Frank McCourt's miserable Irish Catholic child...Frank McCourt's miserable Irish Catholic childhood sounds like a walk in the park compared to the Louisiana childhood. I see why there are such wonderful Southern writers.<br />Nice to see you back. We've missed you.Marciahttp://wwwareaderslife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383530299213732397.post-35438760154477743872013-04-11T17:17:13.306-05:002013-04-11T17:17:13.306-05:00Yeah, I remember those two. Mert went on to become...Yeah, I remember those two. Mert went on to become a post-modernist poet and his brother Dick was arrested in Akron for impersonating an Egyptian. Well told little piece of Baton Rouge childhood I somehow managed to miss hearing about. Pelikan Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659525839327874792noreply@blogger.com