Once, I lit my shoe on fire in a fleabag hotel.
Once, I sailed alone through a thunderstorm.
Once I rode an elevator with Melvin Laird, told him I loved his “war thing.”
Once was sneezed on by an elephant.
Once hit a Chinese bell with a coin when none of my sighted friends could do it.
Once had a soulful moment with a donkey in Galway.
Once I beat a French chess snob who overturned the board.
Once I held Enrico Caruso’s saddle shoes.
To be continued…
