Birdie of the Beauty Dish blog and other blogs not only writes, she sings. In this post, she writes of a chance encounter with Kurt Vonnegut. It begins this way.
I have alluded to this particular chance meeting a few times during my three years blogging, told bits and pieces of the story. Here it is in its entirety. When I lived in So Cal I managed, like all other beach bums, to see Hollywood stars in their native habitat. I never found much inspiration in those encounters, a few laughs or moments of introspection, but nothing that gave me great pause. One day, thirteen years ago on the Indiana backroads, I met one of the great writers of this generation... to read more, go the the Beauty Dish Blog.
2 comments:
Pris, it looks like Birdie has taken the Kurt Vonnegut story down from her blog site -- the link in your post didn't work when I clicked on it -- however, I found her story in the OurStory website, here, where she has posted it now.
And yeah, it's a great story.
Biby...thanks for your visit.
Lyle, glad you tracked that down. Our Birdie is always in motion :-)
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