Kevin, (Fire Commissioner),

I missed your presentation on Stormfield and have come to regret it more
each year. I had to choose between you and two other simultaneously given
presentations. My choice was the regrettable toss of a coin. Is there any
way on God's green earth that I might "see" this presentation? A power point
program perhaps?

Write back to me at the Forum or at home [log in to unmask] with an
answer. Failing all of the foregoing, is there a chance that you might
present it again in 2013 at Elmira?

Be well my friend, say hi to Donna, and have a Dr. Pepper on me.

Rick


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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 5:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A date to remember

Thanks for that, Kevin. I figured you might reply. When I wrote my=20
original note, I was thinking of your terrific presentation on Stormfield=
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at Elmira and recalled your discussion of Clara's rooms.

Not much mystery about the room in which Mark Twain himself was born. The=
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recent Hannibal conference included a visit to the Mark Twain Birthplace=20=

Museum in Florida, where the house in which he was born is preserved. We=20=

could actually touch the outside of the house and stick our heads in it=20=

through the windows and doorways. The two-room house is so small, people=20=

reaching in through the windows on opposite sides could practically shake=
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hands. Incidentally, we also visited the original site of the house. Not=20=

much to see there now, but it was exciting merely to be at the site. (Mar=
k=20
Twain warn't kidding when he described Florida as "nearly invisible."=20
According to Henry, the town's present population is zero. Anyone born=20=

there now would increase the population by a a great deal more than 1=20
percent.)