Tim Barr turns 60!
The girls shoot the ski; Tim relaxes. Photo by Margaret Michael
Art’s Tavern owner Tim Barr turned 60 years young on Feb. 14. Nearly 100 Glen Arbor locals came out to the tavern last night to celebrate him. Riverfront Deli owner Sue Nichols baked these cupcakes in Tim’s likeness (photo below), and Beach Bard Norm Wheeler recited the following poem for Tim (adapted from Stone Circle founder Max Ellison’s poem “50”):
“When you’re gettin’ up to 60, then I think you’d better stop
And recollect a little why you’ve never reached the top,
Before your time down here is over, and they chuck you ‘neath the sod
With a sure and solemn promise that you’re headed back to God.
Well, you never raised a fortune, least ways not the kind you bank,
But you did a lotta hellin’, and you stood above the rank
When it come to flirtin’ with women, you was johnny-on-the-spot,
And you flirted with a million, now you’re 60, you gotta stop!
‘Cause your back is gettin’ achy and your beard is turnin’ gray,
And you’ve surely raced your motor too damned much along the way,
And now you hear your hormones shuffling slowly down the line
Sayin’ “Brother, you’ve had it, now you’re 60 – TAKE YOUR TIME!”
