The Cone Issue #6 Summer 2015 - Travel | Page 41

By Susan Marque I t was the way he told the story, or how I was folded into him when he told it. He could make the worst of things sound romantic. His hippy days of living sparsely, doing street theatre, and fighting for things he believed in, made for good stories. He seemed wise and worldly. He didn’t play the guitar or panhandle anymore. His hair was shorter. Instead of renting an1 empty flat on the upper west side of Manhattan, he now owned his own home, and worked in children’s television in Los Angeles. He knew about everything – except making food. 4 3 2 5 41 THE CONE - ISSUE #5 - SUMMER 2015