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Those who abuse the comments section can expect to be barred from future commenting. The Daily Republic provides this comments section as a service to the community with the idea that it will be a safe environment within which to comment respectfully about the news of the day. As I understand, the wealthy individual who had financed the school in that first year pulled back from his support for any subsequent years and Litchfield Academy collapsed. Sadly, the story did not have a happy ending, although this had nothing to do with Art Garfunkel. Garfunkel, who, indeed, taught math for him that first year. As my brother interviewed and hired the faculty, he hooked up with Mr. It had a beautiful campus, and, in its first – and only – year, was financed by an unrelated millionaire. The “Litchfield Prep School” was actually the Litchfield Academy, and, it was created from the ground up by my late brother Bill. You might be wondering what made this interview grab my attention, so I’ll tell you. He then put on a suit and tie and began teaching geometry to high school sophomores at the Litchfield Prep School in Connecticut.” From the introduction: “Art Garfunkel was a singing superstar with his partner Paul Simon when the duo split in 1970. It was the “60-Second Interview” with Art Garfunkel. He, of course, is half of the Simon and Garfunkel duo who were wildly successful until their split in 1970.

The unfortunate result of that inscription is that when I watched the History Channel series, I couldn’t suppress the hope that Grandmother Julie’s name would be mentioned.īy coincidence, there was a feature in American Profile, a widely distributed supplement, that, well, filled me with pride and sadness at the same time. Nevertheless, that perhaps remote relationship has been – for no particular reason – a source of pride for me.

Whether they both believed that one could communicate with those who have died, I’m not sure. I do know that my father – Julie’s son – didn’t think much of the idea. What I was told is that Beatrice and my grandmother shared a strong interest in things spiritual.

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