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by Sheila
Lennon
'Bottom-up' journalism from the pros
May 23, 2002
• Today's weblog
Letters from
Larry: Larry Novick, former ink-stained wretch and longtime feature of the
Providence scene, became an expatriate this week. Larry, a native of New Bedford,
Mass., and his wife, Victoria, moved Saturday to Mindelo (photos),
on the Cape
Verde island of Sao Vicente, 375 miles off the coast of West Africa, where
Victoria was born.
Victoria is a cousin
of Cesaria
Evora [audio clip of Petit
Pays, review,
another
bio], and, a few years ago, Larry invited us to his Providence home to meet
the 'Barefoot Diva' who sings at sell-out concerts in her bare feet. Cesaria
can also be seen playing a blues singer in the film Testamento,
shot on location in Mindelo.
We'd often joked
that none of us will be able to afford retirement in the States, that staking
out a quiet third-world country is our only hope. Larry's doing it. He and Victoria
packed their life into a container that won't arrive for a month, and sold off
the rest.
Larry, a veteran
of the lobster
shift (or maybe he just liked the phrase) at the New Bedford Standard Times
and, later, a manager with the Providence Housing Authority, is going to keep
us informed about life after the leap, our man on the retirement frontier. Here's
his first message:
All well.
Weather, of course, is fine. Great to see old friends and meet new ones e.g.
Pablo, a 52 year old Argentian of German extraction, living large on his 55
ft. schooner. KNOWS ALL, REVEALS NOTHING. A S. korean destroyer in port and
down town is like Providence In The ´40´s. Drunken sailors, happy
hookers, handsome man want niki-nik.
ECONOMIC WINDFALL. strolling musicians of dubious talent. serenade girl 10
dollah, she give you good love.
KEYBOARD IN internet cafe Eurostyle. Caplock in wrong place.
CONTAINER SHIP DUE June 10. jazzfest in August
PASS THIS ON as typing is slow.
LOVE TO
ALL lARRY AND vICTORIA.
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