Approaching the Frontier
• July 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1988, 1989, Dad, girlfriends, Hopkins, Indiana, Lake Minnetonka
Tags: Abi Bilkus, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ellen Terry, Fingerhut, Forest Gate, imagination, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lakewood Community College, Lindsay Clarke, London, mid-Victorian theater, proofreader, Ridgedale library, Roger Manvell, Sally, stargazing, storytelling, The Crowded Room, The Wandering Moon, Wood Green
The Lost Year
• February 6, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1982, 1983, Depression, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: Abi Bilkus, cassette player, Datsun 310 GX couple, Dumond Stories, Florida, Guthrie Theater, Hyde Park, Ibsen, Kristi Peterson, Laurel and Hardy, Lindsay Clarke, Liviu Ciulei, Muddy, Out of English, Peer Gynt, SOS Printing, Teddy, Thérèse Williams, Theron Hollingsworth, Wayzata, Writing and Reading English Prose
Let’s Go to Great Britain! (Part 2: The Orgasmic Bores)
• January 16, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1982, Great Britain, Minnesota, Travel
Tags: Abi Bilkus, American submarines, As You Like It, Austin Allegro, B&Bs, Bloomsbury, Brighton, British Museum, Brixton, Buddha, Cambridge, Colin Bilkus, Covent Garden, Crawley, Dexys Midnight Runners, Dunoon, Eaglesham, Gary Bilkus, Glasgow, Greek Eros Restaurant, Highlands, Holy Trinity Church, I Eat Cannibals, Indian curry, Jackie, June Zatz, Lake District, Lindsay Clarke, Llangollen, Loch Eck, Loch Lomond, Lolita, London, Mains Avenue, Martini and lemonade, Mel Clarke, Mrs. Bilkus, My Dinner With Andre, Onan, Pink Floyd, Radio 1, Reigate, Rosalind, Rutherglen, satori, Scotland, Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon, Tate Gallery, The Wall, Thomas Dolby, Toni Basil, Toto Coelo, Trina, West Hampstead, Whistlefield Inn, Whistlefield Lodges, Windermere, Wrexham