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\u00a0In the sweltering heat I attended Judson\u2019s Pride Sunday. It was glorious. Henco Espag did his usual piano magic. Jason Tseng\u2019s wonderful queer saints’ portraits circled the room. After the service and lunch, there was a walk with the queer saints portraits to Foley Square, followed by the Pride Day March. Exhausted, yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following day, a friend and I attended Frick\u2019s Pride Day. As you know, the Frick mansion on Fifth Avenue and Fiftieth Street is being renovated. The Collection is being shown temporarily in the former Whitney Museum building on Madison and 75th Street. Bright, extravagant floral arrangements decked Frick Madison\u2019s front portals. Once inside a gleaming bar had replaced the book & pamphlets counter. Downstairs stood four formally dressed servers, each offering on a tray a different liquor. We selected champagne – what else? – mingled with the crowd on the cement terrance and, in the background, there was a jazz quartet and Madison Avenue traffic. A few champagnes later, we took the elevator to the wonderful art work such as Bellini\u2019s St. Francis in the Desert, Titian\u2019s Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovering the next day, we went to see Elvis. My friend and I like big, noisy, American trash movies. Elvis fits the bill. Austin Butler who plays Elvis looks like a Brown University sophomore. That\u2019s Elvis?\u00a0 Where are Elvis\u2019s early days with Jerry Lee Louis? Yes, I know he married his thirteen year old cousin and, on occasion, played the piano with his feet. So what? There was a gaiety and sense of naughty fun when he and Elvis made GREAT young music together. Tom Hanks stole the show. He was perfect as the Colonel. He wielded a cane, softly and menacingly. He had a quiet cruel smile and gentle cruel eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elvis is watching a great actor surrounded by kids still learning their stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Judson Congregants and Queer Saints<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last but certainly not least, I have a short story on purplewallstories.com<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cMy Letter to Martha\u201d is about a ghastly NYC bus ride during a blizzard. Please (I beg) read it and if you like it vote for it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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