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September 15, 2004

Home For A Day

I listened to a relatively new Robert B. Parker novel, Double Play, as I crossed the midwest from West Allis, WI to Boulder. A fictionalized account of the body guard who was assigned to protect Jackie Robinson in his inaugural year playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, it is a thug thriller much in the same vein of his Spenser series. It is also, however, a beautiful portrait of the man who smashed the color bar and a moving glimpse of how baseball shaped the lives of young boys in the 40’s and how it healed a post war nation. I can’t help it. I am a sucker for baseball.
I am home today on a cool blue sky autumn day, recharging before turning back around tomorrow and heading to Des Moines. Thanks to Danae & Caryn in West Allis for such a great night and for introducing my music to a great group of listeners.
See you in the Midwest!
xo
B

Posted by bethamsel at September 15, 2004 11:35 AM