Last night during the PBS fund-raising week, a Bob Dylan documentary was aired that had selected live songs from Dylan at Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1965. The clips were great and I wonder if my good friend Floyd watched the documentary or purchased the DVD and CDs for his collection.
I have been meaning to write a little bit about Knox College, my alumni mater. Knox is a small, private liberal arts college in Galesburg, IL. A lot of local history is tied to the campus with the Old Main, one of the sites of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. My time at Knox was great but a lot has happened to me since I graduated so I just want to comment on two recent Knox encounters I had. A couple of weeks ago I was working on the reference desk at the Library, and a student-worker asked where I gone to college. I said Knox and then talked about Robert Hansen, the most infamous graduate of Knox, and told them about the movie Breech, about Hansen and his treason. Irving, my best friend from Knox, dad knew Hansen.
Another Knox encounter is that I read the blog, mimi smartypants. She went to Knox as well and I enjoy her writing about life in Chicago, a similar life to many of my friends from Knox who now live and work in Chicago. I don't remember Mimi, but I know that she and her husband graduated my first-year at Knox, so I am sure that we encountered each other at one or more parties my first-year. Knox was and is good to me and I want to make a trip back to Illinois next year. I don't need to stop by the campus but I would like to see my friends in Chicago and Urbana-Champaign.
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