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Our friend Peg took some photos of us last week. Would you help us pick out a good one? We’re planning to use a couple of these photos for our websites.
If you have the time and inclination, check out the photos below and let us know which are your favorites. You can voice your opinion by posting a comment to this blog. The photos are numbered. Thank you!
The photographer, Peg Libertus is a treasured friend who illuminates our Gainesville adventures. Peg is brilliant and funny, an everflowing fountain of incisive sarcasm and wit. She’s also an amazing writer and editor and is no doubt scrutinizing every jot and tittle of this post. [Hi Peg !]
Among Peg’s many accomplishments is the penning of a theatrical musical called Boxer of Basin Street about a sailor named Boxer on his first shore leave in New Orleans. Back in the late twentieth century Kiki played Margo, a high-class prostitute in Storyville, the legendary red-light district of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. One day we hope to post some of the music from Boxer of Basin Street. Peg’s melodies are on a par with Sondheim, we kid you not. Pegs lyrics are full of beautiful imagery, no doubt a big influence in Kiki’s lyric writing.
Here are the first lines to the opening song from Boxer (a savory little taste of Peg’s amazing gift):
whispered creole litanies
rusted wrought-iron balconies
dripping in the rain
pouring down the drain
on cobblestone
Lord, it’s cold in the wind’s song
who knows where all love’s gone
from New Orleans
in winter
from the Old Town
New Orleans
Vieux Carré
Ship horn blows its lonesome sound
Mississippi rolling down
misty in the night
hiding shoreline lights
and harbor homes
Lord, it’s cold in the wind’s song
who knows where all love’s gone
from New Orleans
in winter
from the Old Town
New Orleans
Vieux Carré
lady on the balcony
perfume drifting down to me
could you spare some time
make me feel that I’m
not all alone
Here are Peg’s beautiful photos…thanks Peg!
- PHOTO #1 Greg looking west at the sunset
- PHOTO #2 Kiki and Greg talking to the wee folk. Who knew there were faeries in Chili’s parking lot?

PHOTO #3 dancing Light looking west

PHOTO #4 just kidding

PHOTO #5 dancing Light (in front of hedge) color

PHOTO #6 dancing Light (in front of hedge) black and white

PHOTO #7 a little glam

PHOTO #8 dancing Light looking north towards friends in minnesota

PHOTO #9 Kiki thinks this one is kinda creepy

PHOTO #10 Kiki

PHOTO #11 dancing Light more serious

PHOTO #12 Greg

PHOTO #13 (get a room guys)

PHOTO #14 putting our heads together

PHOTO #15