Archive of Gallagher's Frolics Archives - DON SILVER, Author
Toast to Bob Gallagher on his Sixtieth Birthday
on February 23rd, 2012 in Gallagher's Frolics by donsilver | Comments Off on Toast to Bob Gallagher on his Sixtieth BirthdayA welcome to all who’ve assembled today To honor His Badness, Madame Blobovsky, some would say For he’s turning the corner and entering a new decade With a head full of hair and a spiked lemonade It’s no easy feat to be toasting this man Who could talk a cold…
Continue reading...Shoot
on April 10th, 2009 in Flotsum & Jetsam, Gallagher's Frolics, Uncategorized by Don Silver | Comments Off on ShootIn certain spots in the South, guns are ubiquitous and since we bought our land, I’ve been advised many times to go get one. This advice appealed to me. For one thing, I’ve been told that the Sheriff out our way is at least forty-five minutes away and doesn’t make…
Continue reading...St. Patrick’s Day
on March 17th, 2007 in Gallagher's Frolics by Administrator | Comments Off on St. Patrick’s DayOld Ireland did once with grim serpents abound That slept in the grasses and weeds, Who were known in the pubs by their sibilant sound, Though disguised in thick jackets of tweed. They plotted and schemed, and seduced and beguiled –they were always a treacherous crew: at humankind’s hardships they…
Continue reading...Agoraphobia
on March 13th, 2007 in Gallagher's Frolics by Administrator | Comments Off on AgoraphobiaTonight, I refer you to my most recent posting in my brother blog, in memorial to my dear friend Bob Gallagher who passed away last summer. It’s a very poignant personal letter he wrote sometime during a three-year period in which he did not venture out of his apartment on…
Continue reading...Gallagher’s Obituary
on August 23rd, 2006 in Gallagher's Frolics by Administrator | Comments Off on Gallagher’s ObituaryYou could find him stamping the dates in books behind the front desk of the Chestnut Hill branch of the Philadelphia Public Library or shuffling back and forth, his torso tilting, head down, eyes taking everything in, waiting for the 23 to take him home. He was lean, with frizzy…
Continue reading...Bob Gallagher, 1945-2006
on August 12th, 2006 in Gallagher's Frolics by Don Silver | Comments Off on Bob Gallagher, 1945-2006How strange and yet how lovely this: when we have shed the weary husk, to find a long occluded bliss which dawns where mortals see but dusk. Bob Gallagher was one of the most remarkable people I ever met. A gifted poet, philosopher, musician, juggler and actor, he was the…
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