With apologizes for the update this close, we’re still on for a Chicago Lexicans meetup. Saturday November 17 @ 1900 @ The Green Lady (located 3328 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60657).
Please send me an email: themavf14d@gmail.com if you’re still intersted in attending.
oh and Guinness is on tap.
I’m cancelling this weekend. For various reasons will wait till after the beginning of the year.
This was mentioned in comments at TDL yesterday and I felt it deserved more attention. Our beloved Marianne Matthews – has passed. Reported by Maggie’s Farm this past Friday, it seems that Marianne died about a month ago.
Marianne was, so often at least to me, the heart & soul of the Lex Community. She was incredibly well-educated at a time when women didn’t go to college; she held several high-powered jobs in publishing. Her first fiance was killed in WWII and I don’t believe she ever shared more than that about him. She never had children yet – she was a mother-figure to so many of us.
I had been exchanging emails with her in the months since we lost our Beloved Lex and the last note I had from her indicated she was having some health troubles. She never specified what – which was like her of course. And in that last e-mail she did, as always, talk about politics and her concerns for our country.
A patriot to the last.
Her husband – Downs – is 87 and now in a nursing home.
By all means, go to the link for Maggie’s Farm. They have an audio recording of a folk song that Marianne performed back in the 1950s – the title of which is the title of this post; I didn’t know this but she was quite a prominent folk singer in the 1940s/1950s. I was listening to it as I typed this and her voice – so pure and sweet – told me she is with her Lord … and with Lex.
Raise your glasses to this great lady – for strength, for courage, for love. I will raise a glass of Woodfords Reserve bourbon – which I know she would have done for Lex.
Godspeed Marianne. You were a wondrous spirit to have known.
Filed under Faith, Guinness - For Strength!, In Memoriam, Uncategorized
Originally published July 10th, 2008.
I’m off once again to accumulate frequent flyer miles – Mongo will be at the helm for the next 10 days.
Todd
