John and Nola on one of their epic bicycle rides Our view of John and Nola when we were young was that they a strong and a different sort of energy with them when they visited us. When you are very young, it's hard to actually see people, isn't it? Rather you feel them. Their scent, their colours and facial expressions and this and the variations in their timbre of a voices turns each person into a buzzing, moving cloud. While talking to Mom and Dad , I rubbed my face with my hands. It was a reaction to tiredness. When I looked up they were both staring at me. "Why, that's exactly what Grandpa John used to do." said Mom. When Nola was with John, he was in command and her acquiescence release an energy that brightened her psyche. This glow that Nola had, she shared. In the 60s and 70s in the Lido Hotel , a beautiful 1930s building full of curves, squads of waiters, kitchen staff...
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