Special Memories
A little memory for your web page: not much, but I enjoy thinking
about this picture in my head often: :-)
About a year after Kurt came to live with my sister, I learned from
Gramps that Kurt loved those black licorice things that look like vines.
Well, typical of Kurt, I found out just HOW much...
There was this sort of garage/workshop behind the house, sort of
dilapidated, although Kurt's dad did a lot to fix things up, being very
good at carpentry. When my wife (at the time) and I pulled up for a
visit (birthday, I think, although I don't remember whose) I just caught
a glimpse of Kurt disappearing into that garage...well, I went back by
the side of the house and yelled for Kurt. Just was going to say hello.
I didn't think that he had heard me, so I just stepped into the doorway.
It was kind of dark in there, so I jumped a little when I heard Kurt
saying: "Larry, how do I look?" His voice was not normal, sort of
hoarse and gurgly.
I turned to the right. There, in the dim light, was Kurt, hanging
upside down from this rafter with black licorice vines sprouting out of
his mouth, grinning like an idiot. The licorice package was on the
floor. He sort of started that scratching motion under his arms to
resemble a monkey, and lost his grip on the rafter. Of course, he
crashed...
I think that Kurt was probably always trying to "fake people out" with
those little shows of idiocy...I do know that he liked to hang from
things like tree limbs, playground bars, and, of course, garage rafters!
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