EnidDine

It's been decades since Michelle did any video work, but something reminded her of me disgustedly throwing down the giant frisbee at White Sands at the end of Smokin' White Folks.

There're a few others on her YT channel, but the two below may have a (somewhat) broader appeal.

https://www.youtube.com/@EnidDine

Sophie, in Can't Let You Go, showed up on my doorstep a few months after Mom died. I'd co-signed Mom's 2nd mortgage and three days later she died of a heart attack. The house needed alot of work; I'd been laid off from my executive position at the University so had the time and was using my 401k to make the payments and buy materials while doing the work myself.

Mom's dog was still with me and after a few days Sophie decided to move on. Six weeks later she showed up again, pregnant.

We got things taken care of, the dog was adopted by the young couple who'd shared the house with Mom and we settled in....sort of.

It quickly became apparent that Sophie's strengths as a Mergers & Acquisitions and Hostile Takeovers specialist meant she expected more of me than I'd, up 'til then, thought myself capable. 

Over the next few months she supervised the house renovation and sale, our move into the garret of an early 20th-century gingerbread house at the edge of downtown's toniest district and helped me transition into the diapers that prefaced the sophisticated, international art-dealer I was to become.

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The man with the looks of tenderest sympathies in Can't Let You Go is (was) artist non-pareil, Vincent Distasio who died in 2017. Michelle "discovered" Vince at the 1993 Southwest Arts and Crafts Fair where they both had a booth. The Fair was primarily "fine-art and crafts" and Vince's work was so unique that his presence imbued the selection committee with a whole nuther level of credibility.

Can't Let You Go

Smokin' White Folks 1

Despite each picture being worth a thousand words, the 30-frames-per-second in each of the videos barely scratch the surface of our 33-year relationship. Michelle continues to have me nearly rolling on the floor with laughter as she, throughout the day, takes me along in her delight at life's absurdities and shows me it's not ALL stürm und dräng.