His political naivete was astounding (his letters to Milosz attest to that), but it is heartening to know he was not an aberrant. RT
> So Merton was drinking and "whoring" into the night in his hermitage? I'm > shocked! > > Gary Digman > > >> I was surprised to run across Niles' name in Thomas Merton's "Journals". > They were friends in ' 67 or so and Niles wrote some pieces to Merton's > poetry. Merton on Niles: "John Niles is a character and I like him. > Carolyn commented on his cockiness, but who cares? He has a good > weather-beaten, self-willed face, is a bit of a madman and writes good > songs. He said Joan Baez was a whore (about which I put up an argument) > and > some nut stole his manuscripts. And he can carve messages on doors, > besides > play the lute and sing a toothy song in a metallic voice". >> Merton also liked Baez a lot and would play her music, especially "Silver > Dagger", and drink wine into the night from a mason jar in his hermitage. > On one memorable occasion he drank wine into the night in his hermitage > with > Joan Baez. >> Sandy >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: >> 11/11/2005 >> >> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
