Back in 1985, one of my favorite TV series was Spenser for Hire. Spenser was a PI lived and solved murder mysteries in Boston. Spenser's side kick was Hawk (Avery Brooks aka as Captain Benjamin Sisko in Deep Space Nine). Spenser and Hawk were always at odd but they watched each others back and loyal.
Every week , 11:30 pm I sat in front of TV watching Spenser and Hawk chasing the bad guys around Boston, little that I knew 20 years later I would be living in the same city. Even though I knew Spenser for Hire was adapted from Robert B. Parker books, but I never read any of his books.
After the workshop on Thursday morning, I went to Border Books Cafe' to meet a friend. If it was not meeting a friend, I would have stayed outside. The sun was out in the clear sky. The temp was high 50's. Another gorgeous winter afternoon. My friend was at the cafe' getting us some hot chais.
"Let's go and check out Robert B. Parker." She handed my chai.
"Robert B. Parker? Who is he?"
My friend drew a sharp breath. "You said you were crazy about Hawk, and you have no idea who Robert B. Parker is?"
"Hawk, which Hawk? You meant Hawk in Spencer for Hire?" It was my turn to be surprised.
We zigzagged past the afternoon crowd browsing the latest books displayed in front lobby. We climbed two flight of stairs and headed all the way to the back of the store, the section where the book signing sessions usually took place.
All the seats were taken except one on the second row. Mr. Parker talked about his writing process which he didn't rewrite any of his writings. We stood about ten feet from the author. When the audience formed the line to get their book signed, I took the opportunity to find a good spot to take a few pictures.
Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually going to be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- working at a newspaper there. It supposed to be less than an hour from Boston. I'm looking forward to it.
Love your blog, by the way.
Posted by: Aaron | February 28, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Aaron,
I was disappointed when TMCH went off the air shortly after it came out, but finally AVery Brooks got his own show when he was Captain Benjamin Sisko in Deep Space 9.
Boston is wicked cold right now. Welcome to Boston.
Thankyou for stopping by and read my blog.
Posted by: anasalwa | February 25, 2006 at 02:04 AM
Do you remember that Avery Brooks got his own show, "A Man Called Hawk," in the early 90s after "Spenser: For Hire" went off the air?
How's Boston? I'm going to be moving near there in a few months.
Posted by: Aaron | February 23, 2006 at 12:44 PM