Hughlings Himwich

NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN

Salve, pater -

As you would say to me -

I like the sound of it

and now hear mater filiusque

as if from an island

floating in the light – it’s there

where all the magic is –

or perhaps it is a memory,

a book of mirrors I guess.

Just happy to be still sailing about,

seeking yet another Ithaca

where I know the greeting awaits,

this time to be returned

to one who has marked his time

so well with love and care.

It is a birthday greeting of sorts:

Salve, pater – Cor cordis mei!

 

Eve Gigliotti and Will Liverman: Rainbow - You'll Never Walk Alone (April 24, 2020)

 

Eve is my daughter-in-law.  She and Will recorded this beautiful duet while miles apart -- she in our dining room and Will in Brooklyn. It was part of a Benefit Concert for Artists during the Pandemic.

 

For Family and Friends

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The photos are mostly by Ber, but the ones with Sasha are from Josh, and there is one of Rosa with a bowtie that is from Judy Bieber, Rosa's mom. 

 

Sea Birds

        for Josh 51

It’s just not true

That birthdays come just once a year

Or that your true birth-day is once and done.

 

As a father

You know better.

 

Your birthday runs 

Like a river to the sea. There

The ever present ever rising

Tides of love teach us

All to sing.

 

For Sasha

Love is born

like a child

who brings to all

all the noise

of simple joy.

• For my grandson born 11/8/2013

Another kind of seeing

For Eve

Even if I were blind

      your golden

Voice would light

       the way, my

Eyes forever shining.

 

May it be so

Your birthday, dear brother,
Means more to me than my own,
Yours always a nudge ahead.
What’s next? we do not know.

I think of you so often
And so many times this way:
What’s that on the road ahead?
Another glorious day!

 

 

 

 

Ber's Photography: 309-313

 

 

Self-Portrait

 

 

 

 

Street Musician

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mr. Himwich at 72 (Ber Picture)

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Harold E. Himwich (dad), looking his best

Williamina A. Himwich (mom), looking her best

For Ber

For Ber

 

like laughter or

light to those

who know themselves

to be like trees

that root themselves

in common ground

though mind apart

for he is free

to give himself

so generously

Restored family photo of Dad, Alec and Hugh

This photo was expertly restored by Alec Himwich.  To see more of his photos, go to: http://www.alechimwich.com

 

Brothers, Alec and Hugh

Mr. H at 64

Ber Photo

Self-Portrait: Ber Himwich

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