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Meeting Julie Christie at the Flower Booth at the Sunday Ojai Farmers’ Market, August 3, 2003

By JOCK DOUBLEDAY

 

from The Ridiculous American

 

Julie stands alone looking at a cornucopia of flowers. She is quite a bit shorter than one would imagine, and younger looking too, very fit, with dark brown bangs, tastefully blonde-streaked, fringing her sunglasses. She wears old green cotton pants (cargo pants?) and looks nothing like a movie star.


 

Jock: Are you Julie?
(She doesn’t turn. Should I leave this person who might not be Julie alone-— and who also may be Julie and is not turning around because she just wants to look at flowers? Probably. But I did bike all the way into town to talk to her. A few moments of courage-gathering. A trifle louder.)


Meeting Julie Christie at the Flower Booth at the Sunday Ojai Farmers’ Market, August 3, 2003
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Extracts from the Ridiculous American: A Just Plain Strange One-Sided Correspondence

By JOCK DOUBLEDAY

 

AMSTERDAM

October 21, 1998

Dear Diary,

My 39th birthday was spent in the airport, but walking down Herengracht I thought, “Happy Birthday.” Not too excited being here. Looks like just another New York City to me. Of course, it’s dark. We’ll see what daylight brings.

Extracts from the Ridiculous American: A Just Plain Strange One-Sided Correspondence
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