Lawrence was my neighbor in San Francisco's North Beach for 25 years--1979 to 2004. He did me many kindnesses--as he did many others kindnesses. He offered to contact Joyce Johnson about a novel of mine and then wrote generous remarks about that novel ('Good Intentions proposes and explores that only kind of revolution that seems possible in these years of Reaganocracy.') He posted the lyrics of "Fat Snake's Tongue Has Got Talking-Heads" on a front window of
Thanks much, Margaret Anna and Ruth. Did you also work with Common Ground in New Orleans during 2006, Ruth. We had a lot of wonder-workers from Maine.