From living two blocks from Montclair High School and three from George Inness, fifty years later, riding in a 110 inch stretched limo up to a signing as the first alumnus to ever write a book and have a signing at Centenary College, sitting next Mel Russo, wife of Tommy Russo (Class of 1956);my former classmate and now the Retired Chief of Montclair Township (who introduced me to a cold cut by the name of gabagool), in 1954, completing an entourage of nine for DEATH OF A BEBOP WIFE (Cadence Jazz Books)I again have to thank MONTCLAIR for giving me the opportunity to believe in myself and dare to dream and make it a reality.
I certainly never, ever would have even imagined that the graduate known as Rudie Rutan in 1958, from Centenary College for Women, would return in October of 2007, for a dinner with the President and the Provost, two radio interviews, and a reading before the town of Hackettstown, and students, as Grange "Lady Haig" Rutan. So I have to say a silent "thank you" to my wonderful son called "Hero."
Wanna see a perfectly cognizant, fully-spectacular, Son-ripened-Heaven?? … yet, I’m not sure if we're on the same page if you saw what I saw. Greetings, earthling. Because I was an actual NDE on the outskirts of the Great Beyond at 15 yet wasn’t allowed in, lemme share with you what I actually know Seventh-Heaven’s Big-Bang’s gonna be like: meet this advanced, bombastic, ex-mortal Upstairs for the most extra-groovy-paradox, pleasure-beyond-measure, Ultra-Yummy-Reality-Addiction in the Great Beyond for a BIG-ol, kick-ass, party-hardy, robust-N-risqué-passion you DO NOT wanna miss the sink-your-teeth-in-the-smmmokin’-hot-deal. Cya soon…
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