by DJPeebs | Oct 29, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
After a wonderful escapade through the slipstream of life’s charade, I’m back from a short strange Trip, this next post represents a tipping point in my relationship with Carolyn, one that I had refused to initiate, but as you will see, I jumped at the...
by DJPeebs | Sep 29, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
It’s passages like this from OFF THE ROAD, which highlight Carolyn’s insight, intelligence and ability to articulate her feelings. Neal, no doubt, had met his match, so to speak. “Why was this man the only man I had ever met to whom I was willing to...
by DJPeebs | Sep 22, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
Carolyn’s autobiography, “Off The Road”, is fascinating, especially when she breaks down Neal’s strange and compelling relationships with both Allen and Jack: “Neal’s letters were long, wordy, full of philosophy and psychology describing...
by DJPeebs | Sep 15, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
“I had been raised in an environment of lively debates. These discussions were objective mind-fencing, never personal, and no one ever got hurt or angry. It was exciting to follow the arguments through mazes of logic, to seek meaning and clarity of ideas. I...
by DJPeebs | Sep 8, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
This passage is particularly poignant for me as it makes me confront where I was, in my life, five years ago. Everything can change in an incredibly short period of time. Carolyn had experienced change on profound levels, especially as her relationship with Neal...
by DJPeebs | Aug 31, 2017 | Carolyn Cassady & Me, History
When Carolyn finally secured her desired job as costume designer, she declined because she was pregnant with Cathleen, whom she gave birth to in September 1948. Meanwhile, on down the road, in January 1949 Neal had dropped Jack and Lu Anne off in San Francisco and...
