Joan Bodger Mercer: A Love Letter
Joan Bodger Mercer: A Love Letter August 31, 1921 – July 4, 2002 ‘ll tell you, shall I, something I remember? Something that still means a great deal to me. It was long ago. A dusty road in summer I remember, A mountain, and an old house, and a tree That stood, you know, Behind the house. An old woman I remember In a red shawl with a grey cat on her knee Humming under a tree. She seemed the oldest thing I can remember. But then perhaps I was not more than three. It was long ago. I...
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In the Spring of 2002, Diane made a special trip to the University of Wyoming at Laramie, as part of the cast for a ballet version of the Sumerian epic of Inanna. What follow are some of her thoughts and experiences while in Laramie, Wyoming, and later in Boulder, Colorado. Saturday, March 17, 2002 Here I am in Laramie. No easy advent. With the weather, it took 24 hours from LaGuardia Airport in New York, about the time it takes to get to Australia. And about the same time in culture change....
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