+GARAGE TREASURE TROVE+ >yesterday i spent several hours in our >largish garage sorting through +THOUSANDS OF BOOKS+ >lifetime of drawings, photographs, documenta, memorabilla and +POIGNANT DETRITUS+ >other remnants of a long life. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DAVID'S MOTHER'S OBITUARY+ (agnes verloin degruy perrin) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was a small excerpt sent to me from a new orleans newspaper that brought +100 YEAR OLD BEAUTY+ >up memory of visiting she & david >TOUCHING EXPERIENCE< >not long before she passed on<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >MY MEMORY WAS OF HER EXPRESSIVE (beautiful creole complexion) >EYES (HUGE) FOLLOWING US AS WE >(her breathing was difficult >she could not speak<) >STOOD BESIDE HER SMALL BED<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(agnes verloin degruy looked much like lucie verloin degruy) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MIXED EMOTIONS+ >i am sorry my appreciation of david is tempered by his sad attitude about gilbert degruy, his treatment of +? SOCIAL HABITS?+ >certain cousins i highly respect< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"PERRIN" IN LARGE LETTERS< >now on degruy tomb< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >plus a blatent unilateral perrin< >appropriation of the once precious +DISCRETION DESIRABLE+ >(MANY COUSINS)< >beautiful, historical degruy tomb (remembering it originally) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THIS IS ALL SAD TO ME AS I DO+ +LIKE DAVID'S HISTORY INTEREST+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(i too am sorry he had a heart attack and hope for a full recovery) ^^^^^^^^^^ >(IRONICALLY I SENT CLOTHES TO HIM AFTER KATRINA BUT FOUND OUT >he had money in the bank<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (back to my garage) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +MANON LASCAUT SETTINGS+ >among hundreds of magazines, journals programs, pamphlets, flyers, ads. etc. retrieved from storage suddenly an ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"OPERAS NEWS"+ >MANON LASCAUT SETS< >(metropolitan opera/dec. 5, 1949) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >journal opened in my hands to a special feature article on "manon lascaut" the >puccini opera w/ our very own< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +des GRIEUX=LOVE HERO+ >(sound familiar)? >(grace king thought he was degruy)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >four sets are illustrated the last two are special for us.. the ship leaving france and interestingly but unlikely the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >+"PLAINS OF LOUISIANA"+< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the 2 lovers shown in a landscape w/ only a dead tree for vegetation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYMBOLICLY SURREAL+ >but missing the true atmosphere< of the 18th c. jungle setting of +TROPIQUE-MAGIQUE+ >southern louisiana< ^^^^^^^^^^^ (another storage/garage treasure) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +IMPRESSIVE OLD PICTURE POST CARD+ >synchronistically/miraculously found ?+LIFE ACCIDENT OR+? >among thousands in my storage< +JUST SUDDENLY APPEARED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GRIMALDI->VALENTINOIS< CASTLE+ >tall noble elegent in its hilltown at >the ancient riviera setting of< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CAGNES-SUR-MER, FRANCE+ >(pronounced can-yeh as >opposed to can in cannes) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >all of this impressive mise-en-scene of our ligurian heritage which includes... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAVOY-BRESSE-GRUYERE+ >blood synergy< +VILLENEUVE-ANJOULEME+ >dukes of provence< ^^^^^^^^^^^ >coupled with the famous princes< +GRIMALDI-VALENTINOIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GENETIC MEMORY PROTEIN+ >this is , of course the fabulous castle i have written about in cagnes next to the adjoining hill town & castle of +VILLENEUVE LOUBET+ >on the coast just west of old nice< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VENCE & ANTIBES+ >these nearby towns also have castles relating to our history with the +VILLENEUVE & ANJOULEME+ (king francois i) >castle at vence and the +GRIMALDI-VALENTINOIS+ (monaco) >castle at antibes< ^^^^^^^^^ >(note: prince albert of monaco is to +HISTORICAL SCHOLAR+ >marry this year and the castle at +SAFARI SPRING 2011+ >antibes is now a picasso museum< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RIVIERA = ARCADIA+ >north african wind over the +AZURE COAST+ ^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california