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Crawford o~n toe pumps that she had spray painted sil· ~,.
"Oh Luellt'~ HollyJ" she called out as i f they wl!'re /n a parking garage. flda and Holly stepped over the hMds of a few stoned hippies who had parked themselves on the floor. uee, this is fldo.·
Leee stood out in the crowd ofhippies. He was extnme· Iy handsome, and dressed more like a Max's person. flda couldn't (rgure out what these hippies IWre doing sprawled all over the apartment. LeeI!' took flda's hand and kissed it grau(1llly and drQmatically. "How nice to meet'a.a.· flda looked in hi$l!)ltSand was/mpresud. He looked smart asa foxand that always intrigued her. Indi· cating the hippies, he started ta explain. "We·regoing ta Woodstock. There·s a festival. And these lovely boys and Girls gllVe us a ride.•
"From wherer I asked.
'Oh IWjust arrived {rom Georgia. It was qulu the
trip!"
Jackie interrupted. "LeeI!''s a photographer. You should
see his work, It's fantastic."
"Oh really, " Hally interjected "do you suppose youcould
do rome shots for mer
Jackie'sexpression roured, she loved Hollyas long as she was controlling Holly's introduction into the scene. It was as ifshe was thinking that Holly should have waited
for her to introduce the idea. But LeeI!' was sensitive to the game.
"Oh I"m sure that somewhere rometime. that could happen. Wauldyou like to see the shots 1just did of Jack· ;e?"
Jackie·s face lit up with satisfaction and she warmed right up to Holly again.
Meonwhlle, Blda was transfixed bya (rgufe leoning in the one doorway to the other room. The skinny dirty
blonde wearing hippie patterned bell·bottoms and a white linen offthe shoulder, puffed sleeve blouse. She drawled. "Hiya'therl!'. Glad you'all could (ome. Jes make yo selflit home. " He sloshed his Gl!Orgian accent as he indifferently fluffed his hand toward the already crowded floor. Then he turned his back lind walked into the other room.
"Oh, youjust must meet Wayne County. " Leee said to flda while Jackie tried to remember the nllmes o f some o f the pot infused hippies. Stepping over the people u u a n d flda entered thedoolWay that Wayne County hadjust been standing In. She hod entered a mini temple. Statues o f Isis, Osiris, Nut and a temple o f Egypt had b a n can'
strurted, an alrerta the Gods, lind or its foor knelt Wayne County. Books o f the writings lay before him opened, can· dies and incense burned, a brass pyramid, complete with fruits in a bowl asan offering. Wayne County was wor- shipping the Gods ofEgypt on Thirteenth Street and Avenue B.
It was ro late wealmast didn·t make it to Max·s In time. Holly fell madly in la~e and into the only bed with one o f the young hippy boys. flda was flooting with he~gujdl!' W"Yne County down the Nile on a ~irtualhi$toric tour of Egyptian myth. Leumanagedtogetridofsomeofthe extraneousbodiesinthehouseandmanagedtofocus Jackie on getting dresud.
.... . .... ...
Leee and Jayne County are family to me - they have
been in and out of my life for fony six yeal"!i. Leee was always thcre with his camera as I embarkcd on my
life. He was always there with kind words and encour- agement. He Jives on I10t only in his photography. '" ' '" ; fond memories o f all who knew him.
- E l d a StillellO.
for NY Waste and its fabulous readers...
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