Comments on: My Robert Anderson Story

By: Mary Catherine

Mary Catherine — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:25:47 +0000

I had another entirely different reading of that line, Paul, but I’ll share that with you in person . . . .

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:34 +0000

Scott, I’m so sorry to hear about the journey you’re going through at the moment with your father. My mother in the Philippines is now in the later stages of Alzheimer’s, and I feel so guilty that I cannot be there with her and for her. I hope your father is at least subconsciously aware that you are near.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:12:30 +0000

P.S. It’s also apparent to me that I APPARENTLY need to practice better proofreading skills.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:09:31 +0000

I read this as my father sleeps in the other room, a little less of him here with each sunrise. I have struggled mightily over the past several months against a powerful confluence of grief-fed emotions, physical exhaustion and far too many bittersweet memories in an attempt to define what shape my spoken epitaph for him will take. Striking a balance between respectful reverence, honest remembrance and conflicted feelings is a delicate tight-rope act. I thought getting a head-start might make finding the way there a little less precarious and frightening. No such luck.

From reading Zac’s take, Paul, it’s apparent to me that you’ve apparently managed to stay firmly on message with your pupils past and present, that you’re still teaching the important things; that alone speaks very well of you. And I think you know where I stand.

Thank you.

By: Zac Boatright

Zac Boatright — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:18:01 +0000

I’ll do you the service of being honest. I think that a truthful telling holds more significance than any saccharine sweet recounting that’s been doctored for the sake of polite audiences. If I’ve learned anything by being in your good company these last few years, it would be to avoid romanticizing the world simply for the sake of happy endings.

That being said–to be perfectly fair–I won’t be TOO honest.

By: Kathy Pryor

Kathy Pryor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:15:04 +0000

Paul,

This is a lovely story. Thanks for sharing it!

By: Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:42:57 +0000

Believe me, Paul, I think, like Anderson, you will find few people who would be unwilling to “be kind.” A lovely story. Much better than your tale of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

By: Dianne Yeahquo Reyner

Dianne Yeahquo Reyner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:32:04 +0000

Years from now-when your time comes-I will talk about you-I can be nothing but kind.

By: David Crespy

David Crespy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:59 +0000

A wonderful story! And what a fascinating and still very relevant play! Thanks for sharing it, Paul….

By: Steve Grossman

Steve Grossman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:56:24 +0000

Beautiful story, beautifully written – thanks, Paul, especially for sharing “If you thought I intended it, then I must have.”