By Mark | January 21, 2012
A few days ago, when I let it slip on this site that my dapper young companion, the accomplished local puppeteer Patrick Elkins, was himself in fact an automaton, which I’d created from a found beard, a magical top hat, and the rusted-out shell of my former mentor’s daughter Vicki, I received an email from […]
By Mark | December 10, 2011
A few nights ago, we got a text message from Berkeley. The former-Ypsilantian on the other end wanted to know if we’d be home at 7:00. I told him that we would. And, a little while later, the doorbell rang. It was Patrick Elkins in gin-soaked top hat. We talked through the door. He said […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Local Business, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Al Jolson, Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss, James Marks, Jesus, Patrick Elkins, Ruth Marks, singing, singing telegrams, song and dance, wise men |
