Ok Kelly (dilettantes diary www.kellyrae.blogspot.com) has challenged me to name the top 10 historical events I would like to have witnessed. Hmmm, this could be fun.
In no particular order
* liked to have witnessed the first time humans witnessed fire, just to see the look on their faces.
* liked to been witness to the Salem Witch trials, to see madness in action.
* liked to have met the Marquis de Sade when he was in prison, just to see his mind work, or not in this instance.
*liked to have been at The Algonquin hotel in the 1930's to sit at the Round Table and talk shit with Dorothy Parker
* liked to have been a studio assistant to Michelangelo during the painting of the Sistine Chapel
* liked to have been at the first performance of Ravel's Bolero in 1928 Paris
* liked to have at in Marc Chagall's studio for an afternoon watching him paint love on a canvas
* Liked to have been in the streets of New York on VJ Day in 1945, kissing sailors.
*liked to have been shivering in the crowds at Gettysburg listening to Mr. Lincoln's Address, 1863.
* Liked to have played in the mud with a certain 20 year old at Woodstock, who would later become my husband.
In no particular order
* liked to have witnessed the first time humans witnessed fire, just to see the look on their faces.
* liked to been witness to the Salem Witch trials, to see madness in action.
* liked to have met the Marquis de Sade when he was in prison, just to see his mind work, or not in this instance.
*liked to have been at The Algonquin hotel in the 1930's to sit at the Round Table and talk shit with Dorothy Parker
* liked to have been a studio assistant to Michelangelo during the painting of the Sistine Chapel
* liked to have been at the first performance of Ravel's Bolero in 1928 Paris
* liked to have at in Marc Chagall's studio for an afternoon watching him paint love on a canvas
* Liked to have been in the streets of New York on VJ Day in 1945, kissing sailors.
*liked to have been shivering in the crowds at Gettysburg listening to Mr. Lincoln's Address, 1863.
* Liked to have played in the mud with a certain 20 year old at Woodstock, who would later become my husband.
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