[Mb-hair] Re: Planet Love Note from WMH

[Leo]

WMH, thanks & congrats for sharing your good news (Power of Hope) and 
heartwarming news (sharing time with your dad).
Like Jimmy P, I too had my dad move onto another reality several years ago. 
And like you, I spent his last physical being days with him in a hospital in 
Virginia. I felt blessed that I was able not only to take the time to do 
this and be able to journey to Virginia, but also to spend those last 
moments with a man who shaped my life and gave unselfishly of himself. So 
kudos to you WMH, and enjoy your precious time.
I'll also tip my hat again to you for the outasite job you did as emcee at 
the Reunion bash. It was a pleasure to finally meet you and many other Tribe 
freaks after all these years of internet communicating. We'll all dance and 
sing again!

PEACE,
Leo

 From: Michael Harris <wmichaelharris at earthlink.net>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH

 Dear Tribes,

 A quick note to wish you health, happiness and righteous headspace this 
holiday season.  I haven't posted much to this list of late - but wanted to 
send a seasonal message of peace and harmony to you all.

 The Reunion and Be-In this past September inspiried me (turn on) to think 
carefully about how I want to spend my days (tune in), quit my job (drop 
out) and find a new one that fit my renewed sense of mission and purpose. 
After the Reunion, everything for me pointed towards inspiring youth for 
social change.  For this I credit all of you, my fellow tribe members, and 
the vibe we sent into the Universe with our singing. I believe our final 
chorus of "The Flesh Failures" fine-tuned the earth on its axis, fixed a 
hole in the ozone, aligned Jupiter with Mars.

 Of course I wanted my re-tooled employment to involve the arts, my first 
love.  No sooner had I come to these realizations that I secured the perfect 
job as executive director for The Power of Hope.

 www.powerofhope.org

 Sounds religious, but it's not.  It's universal, and all about empowering 
youth for social change.  It's really cool, a perfect fit.  Everything I've 
done in the past has prepared me for this job including and especially HAIR.

 Two days ago I came to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York to be 
with my family for Christmas.  My dad is gravely ill at this time, and it 
feels good to be able to spend what may be his last days with him.  He's an 
actor 84 years young.  While I was in HAIR at the Biltmore in 1968 he was in 
"The Great White Hope" a few blocks away.  It was an exciting time for us, 
having achieved our family's dream of making it on Broadway.

 These are "screen grabs" of my dad from a quirky movie database that honors 
little known actors:

 http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00040494.HTML

 http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00030494.HTML

 The first is him as "Officer Mooney" from SUPERMAN; in the second he's a 
bartender in SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL.  Dad played dozens of supporting 
roles in movies - one of the many ways he and Mom, as theater artists, 
raised six kids.  He enjoyed an illustrious career as a stage actor and 
bandleader over seven decades.

 It was a great honor to be asked to emcee your Reunion and Be-In this year, 
and a great joy to meet so many of you in person for the first time.  Let's 
do it again soon and strive to remain connected.  Being with my dad now 
reminds me we are only here "on this dirt" a short time, and life's too 
short to hold grudges.

 In sympathy and trust abounding, have a Merry Prankster Christmas and a 
Hopi New Year!