Weidman, Phil

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WHAT IT USED TO BE LIKETonight drove downtown to an art show with Lisa (on vacation from school back east) & Pat. Visited with old friends but never relaxed. Still learning how to behave without booze. Then there's the question of art. Most of the work looked weak.How do you tell friends you truly care for that their art is weak? I don't. I could be wrong. I talk about pistols or what it used to be like to teach. Or sex.What little I remember of it.A SOBER FEASTReading A Moveable Feast,1istening to Hemingway detail his conversations, his writing, his eating & drinking & the wonderful landscapes of Paris,I yearn for a glass of bourbon to savor with this clean writing, but wanting more to keep a clear head so I can see what he saw then, I choose a cup of hot British tea.A WARRIORToday almost took home a pup 1/4 wolf to replace one I got. He's 14, has trouble getting up & down & catching his breath. Other day he jumpeda rottweiler but his hind legs gave out & I had to save him. Sometimes I catch him staring at me. Get the feeling he's tired of waiting & wants me to make my move.RIGHT MINDBill's an ex-marine in his late sixties & blind in his right eye.Friday morning he shot out the X ring with five shots from a Colt 45 with fixed sights he bought in 1950 for 19 dollars.You could have covered his one hole group with a quarter.He did it right handed aiming with his good eye.His mind, I would guess, was as placid as an early morning pond.AT THE CONTROLSThis guy I know owns a big revolver that will push a 335 grain hand loaded bullet thru a 12 inch fir log. I mean BOOM it's thru & dirt flies. This guy loves his gun like some guys love a Corvette. At the controls he feels invincible.104

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