miker wrote:
"Red Wind" is a beautiful bluesy piece. . . . It starts out
with his oft-quoted passage about the hot dry Santa Ana, and
how it touches everyone with madness. It's all there, the
cynicism, the simile, and the scenery.
I remember when Lou Grant read this passage to Mary on the
Mary Tyler Moore Show as an example of great writing. Mary,
still chafing from Lou's harsh criticism of her writing, said
something like, He writes okay, about the weather.
Mark
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