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Portrait of An Aged Scholar

The stooped gait the squinting eye A curmudgeon sure personified... Yet when from parted lips his timeless treasures poured The very Founts of Wisdom yearned for even more

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 9/18/2019 6:54:00 PM

G'day Gershon … be willing to listen about the past and learn from it. Does this really happen - perhaps - thanks Gershon - Lindsay

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 7:22:00 PM

It happens well out of the media spotlight, where 'real people' do 'real things.' Cheers, gw

Brenda Chiri

Date: 9/18/2019 10:32:00 AM

This flowed flawlessly! Enjoyed very much !;)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 12:14:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words, Brenda. ~ Gershon

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/18/2019 8:51:00 AM

I have a friend Stan Biggs who is quite Curmudgeon like. I call him a Mystic Hobbit.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 9:58:00 AM

There you go. And I'll bet that Stan is Hobbitually brilliant! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/18/2019 6:19:00 AM

It is amazing how off putting the outside can be when the inside is pure wonderfulness. My favorite teacher ever was 76 years young.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 9:58:00 AM

You are so right... I had a certain teacher-scholar in mind, one who made Stephen Hawking look fairly healthy. :) gw

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/18/2019 6:18:00 AM

Very nice, Gershon!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 9:57:00 AM

Thank you so much for the comment, Kim! :) gw

Lee Yokel

Date: 9/17/2019 10:57:00 PM

I think I know several of these.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/18/2019 9:57:00 AM

Thank you for visiting my site, Lee. Have a wonderful day! ~ Gershon