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 | Comments Off on Toast to Bob Gallagher on his Sixtieth Birthday

A 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…

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Shoot

on April 10th, 2009 in Flotsum & Jetsam, Gallagher's Frolics, Uncategorized by | Comments Off on Shoot

In 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…

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St. Patrick’s Day

on March 17th, 2007 in Gallagher's Frolics by | Comments Off on St. Patrick’s Day

Old 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…

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Agoraphobia

on March 13th, 2007 in Gallagher's Frolics by | Comments Off on Agoraphobia

Tonight, 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…

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Gallagher’s Obituary

on August 23rd, 2006 in Gallagher's Frolics by | Comments Off on Gallagher’s Obituary

You 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…

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Bob Gallagher, 1945-2006

on August 12th, 2006 in Gallagher's Frolics by | Comments Off on Bob Gallagher, 1945-2006

How 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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