We Have A Hunger Of The Mind Which Asks For Knowledge Of All Around Us, And The More We Gain, The More

“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.” 

Maria Mitchell is known as the first professional female astronomer in the United States. On October 1, 1847, she peered through her family’s telescope and “swept around for comets,” as she did every night it was clear. But that night she became the first woman in the U.S. to discover one. She later became the first Astronomy professor at Vassar College, where she would often ask her students, “Did you learn that in a book or observe it yourself?” 

Me during “Lost In The Wax” recording

I was often mistaken for George Harrison and Peter Frampton.

While I waited for the light to change on a downtown street corner one day, a policeman came up to me and asked me to sign his ticket book. I happily obliged him and took his ticket book and pen. Just as I was about to sign it he said “I just love your music, Mr. Frampton.” No matter how much I insisted that I wasn’t Frampton he stood fast saying things like “No worries, Mr. Frampton. I won’t tell a soul.” The more I protested the more he thought I was Frampton. I finally gave up, signed my own name, gave the book and pen back to him, smiled and thanked him. He was one happy camper. I wonder what happened when he got home and looked at the signature: “Honest, honey, it really was Peter Frampton. He kept denying it so I know it was him. See? He even signed an alias!” ;-) ~ Trabue Gentry

Photographer unknown, circa 1977

Karen Black and me backstage. There was no truth to the rumor that she and I were an item. ~ Trabue Gentry

Photographer unknown, circa 1974