It appears they have a wall to mend. G ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Wise <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010 6:39 pm Subject: Bob 'n Em To: [log in to unmask] > 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 >