Richard Macksey was my teacher and friend of forty years. Your essay brought back wonderful memories of pipe smoke and lemon cookies and chitchatting until 3 AM (when he was still vigorous and I was flagging).
Incredible how so many generations were linked by one man, no? We were well-aware of it in the 2000s.
He still stayed up that late when I was around watching South Park, not that I was there to witness it. Seminars always had cookies and tea.
My own Macksey food story: after graduation, he invited a bunch of us to his place for prosecco and snacks. There was a bowl of tortilla chips next to what was the largest bowl of guacamole I've ever seen in my life. As Macksey was going on about Proust, holding court, I heaped on an enormous dollop onto my chip and put it in my mouth...
Except it wasn't guac. It was 100% pure wasabi. Not a sushi roll in sight. I still feel like there was a non-zero chance it was intentional...he was always kinda mischievous.
Glad that my essay could bring back some of his spirit.
Richard Macksey was my teacher and friend of forty years. Your essay brought back wonderful memories of pipe smoke and lemon cookies and chitchatting until 3 AM (when he was still vigorous and I was flagging).
Incredible how so many generations were linked by one man, no? We were well-aware of it in the 2000s.
He still stayed up that late when I was around watching South Park, not that I was there to witness it. Seminars always had cookies and tea.
My own Macksey food story: after graduation, he invited a bunch of us to his place for prosecco and snacks. There was a bowl of tortilla chips next to what was the largest bowl of guacamole I've ever seen in my life. As Macksey was going on about Proust, holding court, I heaped on an enormous dollop onto my chip and put it in my mouth...
Except it wasn't guac. It was 100% pure wasabi. Not a sushi roll in sight. I still feel like there was a non-zero chance it was intentional...he was always kinda mischievous.
Glad that my essay could bring back some of his spirit.
More likely he confused wasabi for guacamole.