I have adored Mimi since day one; a marvelous Valentine she would be...I always thought Mr. Lazarus to be a rather fortunate man...
Today, Mrs. Knox gave me a wonderful Valentine's gift: season one of 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' on DVD. Always my favorite cartoon when I was a kid, and beyond...
Something I always think about, at this time of the year: Mrs. Knox is the very first woman I ever bought red roses for. It was two and a half weeks after we had first met, and I found myself at a local florist, looking at flowers, and the young girl behind the counter (all of fourteen in those days; she was the daughter of the owner, who I frequently shot pool with back in high school, in a beery haze) said, as I looked at the red ones, "ah, you know what those mean, don't you?"
I looked at the roses, and said, "yes. I do."
"You buying?"
"Yes, and I've never been more serious..."
And I've bought the red roses ever since.