It appears from the picture that, along
with Heather, Martha (Paul’s sheepdog) attended the wedding as well.
Nostalgist that I am, and in an attempt to situate the reader nastalgically, I
report from my memory…
On March 12, 1969, as I
sat in the library at Carstens Elementary school in Detroit I listened to WXYZ
radio station. The news item of the day was the wedding of Paul McCartney and
Linda Eastman.
This came as a mild “Well,
how about that!” kind of surprise.
Ah, the last of the
Beatles to tie the knot, skip the broom, or otherwise cement their futures in
marital adventure.
I provide a Youtube video
of the day…
Take care that you don’t
miss Linda cuddling the kitten.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Ofne04C5s
And then later that same
day I watched the Grammy Awards show during which Simon and Garfunkel won for
Best Record of the Year.
You can view Art Garfunkel
as he, alone, accepted the award for Record of Year “Mrs. Robinson”. His very brief
speech recognized Paul Simon as his best friend and described him as “who wouldn’t wear a tuxedo
today.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_5NQ2Fvbg
And while I am at it,
enjoy that award winning song here at this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1BCAgu2I8&list=RD9C1BCAgu2I8&start_radio=1
