#kateorlovsky

Visiting Peter’s family -- Lafcadio age 49 had lived with us in San Francisco--N.Y. 1955-1961 & later intermittent years; mother Kate Orlovsky age 80 totally deaf after botched mastoid operation N.Y. Eye & Ear Hospital circa 1930's; Laff's twin sister Marie who'd lived with me & Peter O. in Lower East Side 1959 while she attended baby nurse school in Jersey -- but quit jobs soon after, angry at hearing voices' filthy gossip behind her back. Center Moriches Long Island, their second floor flat on lonely road, they need taxi to supermarket shopping December 27, 1989 [Photo & Caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate]

Peter Orlovsky (b. 1933) visiting his family -- Lafcadio age 47 had lived with us in San Francisco & N.Y. from 1955-61 & later intermittent years; mother Kate Orlovsky age 78 totally deaf after botched mastoid operation circa 1930's in N.Y. Eye & Ear Hospital; Laff's twin sister Marie who'd stayed with me & Peter in Lower East Side 1959 while she attended baby-nurse school in Jersey, but quit jobs soon after, angry hearing voices' "filthy gossip" behind her back. Their second floor flat on lonely road in Center Moriches, Long Island, they need taxi to Supermarket for shopping miles away with (photo & caption: Allen Ginsberg) #peterorlovsky #kateorlovsky #lafcadioorlovsky #allenginsberg (at Center Moriches, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdHEgRrvtXK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=