farmdoc's blog post number 224

My recent JFK blog post included a link to his tangible memorials. That there are so many, is to be expected given he was the third most admired person of the twentieth century. I can’t fathom why some people are globally famous, some nationally famous, some locally famous, and most not famous at all. But that’s a topic for a future blog post. Today I write again of Harry Greenberg, because he died exactly one month ago today. Harry was not globally or nationally famous, yet his personal qualities arguably exceeded many of those who are. To me he seemed a private man who didn’t seek the public spotlight (though for years his letters to the Age editor were enviably frequent). Indeed I guess that hypothetically had a public profile been offered him, he would have graciously declined it. The bottom line is that Harry is unlikely to be the subject of many, if any, public memorials. Hopefully his unique and evocative artwork will inspire and remind many future generations of him. But his greatest, and longest lasting, memorials are likely to be his very large descendant family, and the effect he had on the considerable number of people whose lives he touched in so many ways. I am fortunate and privileged to be in the latter group.