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 .
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Great memories. We have a mutual connection to Mad Jack. Do you have any new details on his whereabouts?
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