Elephante Blanche by Bijou O’Keefe

Tag: history

  • Heavy Head

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    In my continuing historical fiction fascination, I started watching Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia Coppola. She and the King are waiting for the guillotine. So, I started thinking about how much a human head weighs. Thank you Wikipedia, it weighs between 10 and 11 lbs. In Marie Antoinette’s case you can add 30lbs to that…

  • John Lithgow

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    I started watching “The Crown” on Netflix. I thought it might be another rehash of the Diana story. But no. It takes on the history of the British royal family in the 1930s and 40s, roughly. But what stood out was how John Lithgow has really cornered the Winston Churchill character. Churchill has always stood…

  • Endurance

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    My dance partner, Dick Vivian, died. I just found out. A D.J. Devoted an hour on KALW to his achievements and importance, especially to musicians. It’s true. Dick’s record store on Haight was a source of more than 45’s. Dick knew everything about music from the 50’s and 60’s. There was a brief mention of…

  • Dick

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    Dick Vivian is my dance partner from the KOFY TV20 days (clip on YouTube) That would be late ‘80s. Trying to import a photo here. It’s a long and happy story with many anecdotes. It began when Dick, who was working at the Alta Plaza restaurant, came into my salon and requested a haircut. While…