Flanked by the spiritual founders of The Hubbub...

On Central Park's Great Lawn there's an annual get together of the friends of Vinnie Kane. It's held near a bench with a plaque on it. It's a small plaque with a few words testifying to his 37 years. Vinnie died on 9-11. He was a firefighter. But the fact that so many people still get together every year to remember him is the real testament. And he seemed to have touched the lives of a lot of people, even in passing. But this post isn't about Vinnie, although it could be. If he were still around he just might be a Contributor to The Hubbub.

What this post is about, I think, is the fact that I was actually in the physical presence of the spiritual founders of the early 90s Hubbub for the first time since the creation of the online version in April. Here I am flanked by them in a purposefully altered photo:

And yes, I had to squint some with all that divine light shining down from the heavens upon them. Another Hubbub Contributor, Dennis, was with us today as well but was too busy being inspired by nature to join us for a photo. I suspect a new poem about hawks will be forthcoming. All four of us were friends of Vinnie. He was such a genuine, honest and truly likeable person. How could you not like Vinnie? We hoisted our plastic cups of beer to the memory of a good man who, ironically, didn't drink.