When I was seventeen, it was a very hairy year

Posted by: Scott    Tags:      Posted date:  July 17, 2012  |  3 Comments


I was recently contacted by Ruth Littner, a friend from SUNY Buffalo whom I haven’t seen or spoken to since the ’70s. (Ah, the wonders of Facebook!)

She said she was taking a writing workshop with Jonathan Maberry in which my name came up, and mentioned that she had a photo of me from those days. This stunned me, because I don’t remember ever posing for any, and the only pictures I have of myself from back then are but small head shots on my student IDs.

Better think twice before looking below. Once seen, it cannot be unseen.

Remember—I warned you …





3 Comments for When I was seventeen, it was a very hairy year


Jim Salicrup

Ah, there’s the Scott Edelman I remember!

Ruth Littner

Well, it may have been a while ago, but it’s still a flattering photo! I’m not 100% certain (it was, after all, the 70s), but I think this picture was taken in Corey Riis’ dorm room in Cooke Hall on Main Campus.

    Scott

    Sadly, I don’t remember Corey Riis. My memories from my time at SUNY Buffalo are quite fragmented. For example, — I remember one girl coming up to me in the dorm and telling me I was the first Jew she’d ever met — but I don’t remember who she was! I wrote hundreds of poems while I was there, though — I should pull them out and reread them and see what memories they spark.