Hi all! are you coming to the Galileo Hall of Merit induction dinner? It's a couple of days from now. I just did a search of the other ten inductees. About three are posthumous inductions...meaning they are no longer around. As for me I'm alive and fine...well...as fine as it's gonna get with some conditions. At first I did not think much about being inducted into the Galileo Hall of Merit. In fact I was nominated last year and I turned it down. This year they nominated me again and kicked me in.
I shouldn't take this lightly...I mean to be recognized by my high school, a center of higher education for my achievements in life. Hmmm....what are my achievements? I'm not rich or anything. I'm a struggling artist and turning sixty-five. I still have to look for work. So I can't say I'm a successful artist held up as an example for our youths to look up to as a role model.
I have stayed true to my art nevertheless. In the past 47 years since graduating from Galileo I have accomplished a lot of things. Did I become rich from it? No. So I guess the selection committee did not go by how fat my wallet is.
Nevertheless I will graciously accept this award. Is there an actual hall? And my name appears on a brass plaque mounted to the wall? I don't think so.
