Well, I'm not acquainted with the Simon and Garfunkel reference, but their feet certainly were dangling, anyway, perched upon the rocks as they were. Here are a couple of sites showing that they were, and I hope still are, indeed, together in all kinds of weather (but that's another song): http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0811/massachusetts-amherst.html http://www.gonomad.com/market/0609/transcendentalists.html (scroll down a bit for this one) Ben >Engaged in dangling conversation, if Simon and Garfunkel are to be >believed... > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Wise >Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:55 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Sam 'n' Em > > I began to suspect something, >and when i walked over to check, sure enough, they were Emily >Dickinson and Robert Frost cleverly sculptured in black metal >sillouette, in rapt conversation about poetry and flies and clocks >and less travelled roads, etc. So, as far as the town of Amherst was >concerned, their honored former residents, Em and Bob, were >contemporaneous enough in spirit to be in eternal conversation right >there in the park on Main St., regardless of the weather. > >I assume they are still there, although I haven't checked lately. > >Ben