Wednesday, July 1, 2020

ALOHA LOVE LANE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA ..  I NOW SAY ALOHA SINCE I MOVED 10 YEARS AGO FROM KEY WEST TO HAWAII . BIG ISLAND JUMP  ..
DEAR OLD OLD OLD FRIEND  MAD JACK GUNN  SAYS  YOU HAVNT POSTED  ON YOUR BLOG LATELY  LOL  YA  LIKE  10 YEARS NOW LATELY ..
WELL JACK  THIS IS FOR YOU  YA OLD FART.  STILL KING OF SOLARIS HILL KEY WEST  FLORIDA . STILL A RECLUSE MAD HATTER .  DAMN IT MAN I MISS YOU AND MOST OF YOUR ANTICS .  YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO MAKE A PERSON START THINKING  WITH JUST A FEW WORDS ... AND LOOKING DOWN YOUR CROOCKED LAID TO SIDE NOSE  INSTILLING  DEEP THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES IN MY HEAD .
LOVE ON  LOVE  LANE  GOOD LORD MAKE ME LAUGH  BIG LOL .  LOVE  ARE YOU KIDDING ME  .. MAYBE LOVE OF GREED N MONEY  .. 
I LOVED BEING IN THE  OLD HOUSE ON CONNER  OF SOUTHARD ST. AND LOVE LANE  . BUILT  1843  THE FIFTH HOUSE BUILT ON THAT ISLAND BY SEA CAPTIAN  , CAPTAIN HIGGS.  MIGTHY FINE BUILDING  AND YEARS OF SECERTS AND HISTORY ..  ONE OF MY FAVIORITE THINGS TO DO THERE WAS CLEAN THE WINDOWS  , THAT OLD GLASS ALL WAVERY LOOKING  AT 150 YEARS OLD  HAD LET THREW MANY A SUNBEAMS DANCING UPON THE WALLS AND FLOORS  AS IF ON STAGE IN A BROADWAY PLAY  .
ONE IMPORTANT  ASPECT OF LIVING IN THAT OLD HOUSE  WITH THAT OLD OLD OLD MAN  MAD JACK GUNN  AND HIS 1000 CATS WAS HEARING THE STORIES JACK TOLD  OF  CAPTAIN HIGGS AND HIS FAMILY ..  I ASSURE YOU ALL I WAS GREETED BY MANY A SPIRITS BEHIND THOSE DOORS ..   THEY SEEM TO WELCOME ME  KNOWING I WAS NOT THERE TO INTRUDED UPON THEM BUT TO JOIN THEIR PRESENTS AND GIVING RESPECT TO THEM  ALWAYS GREETING A HELLO TO THEM BEFORE SPEAKING TO A LIVING SOUL WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BEHIND THOSE DOORS  WILLING TO EXCEPT MY PRESENCE AS A LIVING HUMAN WOMAN .  WE GOT ALONG WELL . CAPTAIN HIGGS  LOVED HIS HOME AND FAMILY  EVEN HIS ADOPTED CHEROKEE DAUGHTER  HILDA  LOVED HER A LOT  ONE COULD SAY . SHE GAVE BIRTH TO 2 OF HIS KIDS  ..  THAT WAS ONE OF THE COVER UP SECERTS  OF 713 SOUTHARD ST AND LOVE LANE . . CAPTAIN HIGGS WAS A GOOD MAN  AND BUILT HILDA A HOUSE  TO RAISE THE KIDS  IN BACK OF HIS MUCH LARGER HOME .   MRS. HIGGS  PRIVATELY HUNG HER HEAD WITH SHAME AND BROKEN HEART  BUT OUTSIDE THOSE  DOORS  SHE STILL HELD HER HEAD  HIGH AND PRETENDED IT WAS NOBODYS BUSINESS WHAT MR. HIGGS HAD DONE .  THINGS LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN TO THE BEST OF FAMILIES AND AT LEAST HE DID NOT DISOWN THE LITTLE BASTARDS . EVERYONE WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF UNDER HIS ROOF . 
HE FOUND HILDA IN NEW ORLEANS BEING SOLD OFF AS  A SLAVE GIRL  EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A CHEROKEE NATIVE GIRL  SHE WAS BEING SOLD OFF . SO HE TOOK FAVOR AND PURCHASED HER AND SAILED HER BACK TO KEY WEST  ALONG WITH THE ITEMS HE HAD PURCHASED TO BRING BACK HOME  . FINE LINENS  , LACE  MATERIALS FOR MRS. HIGGS TO FASHION HER NEW DRESSES WITH . CAPTAINS TEND TO BE GONE TO SEA FOR MONTHS  BEFORE RETURNING HOME AGAIN.  THIS TIME  HE HAD MORE THAN A BUNDLE OF GIFTS FOR MRS. HIGGS  HE  HAD A YOUNG CHEROKEE GAL  WHO WOULD BE LIVING WITH THEM  ... MRS . HIGGS BEING OF KIND HEART AND OBEYING HER HUSBAND  AS WOMEN DID BACK IN THOSE DAYS  DID THE BEST SHE COULD  ACCEPTING  THE PRETTY  YOUNG LADY INTO THEIR HOME  BUT  SOME THINGS  SHOULD BE KEPT  PRIVATE  FROM BEHIND THE HOME DOORS  AND WINDOWS ..  AS  NOT TO EMBARASE MRS. HIGGS  THE NEAR BY NEIGHBORS  PRETENDED THEY DID NOT KNOW  ABOUT THE BASTARD KIDS  NOW LIVING THERE  .  IT WAS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS TO KNOW  .
I BEING OF CHEROKEE BLOODLINE  FELT HILDAS SPIRIT  THE VERY FIRST TIME  I VISITED THE HOUSE AND JACK GUNN  THE SILK SCREEN MAKER  AND T SHIRT PRINTER   MAD JACKS INC.   JACK CAN BE CRUDE  BUT ON POINT WITH HIS WORDING  HE HAS GREETER INNER SIGHT THAN VISUAL EYE SIGHT  .  SEEMS HE KNOWS WHAT FOLKS ARE DOING BEFORE THEY EVEN DO IT .  HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD  MOST EVERY TIME .
O MY BROKEN MARRIAGE  HEART  FEEL DEEP IN LOVE WITH MR . GUNN  1978  FOR MANY A REASON .  THERE WAS  LOVE ON LOVE LANE AGAIN . A FUNNY KIND OF LOVE .  EVEN A SAD KIND OF LOVE . BUT IT WAS NONE THE LESS  ,  LOVE .  CRAZY OLE HOOT  , I STILL LOVE YOU . 

1 comment:

  1. Great memories. We have a mutual connection to Mad Jack. Do you have any new details on his whereabouts?

    ReplyDelete

Powered By Blogger

Followers