FOLKS --
Alice accidentally sent an email that was intended only for one or two people, and it
contains comments meant in confidence. To avoid confusion and hurt feelings about things
that are half-considered, please delete it without reading it.
Thanks --
cs
On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Alice Gordon wrote:
Dear Gail,
Ai ai ai, 18 hours to get home, you POOR thing.
Thank you for this lovely note. It was a pleasure and an honor to be with
you at Winedale. I told you about the grounding/soaring, and in case you
want reminding of the right-back-at-you of what you wrote, gifted presence
you were for me. All these elements we threw together. Has anyone ever tried
to combine all [supply number here] periodic elements? I overstate, as is my
wont, but as can happen out there we achieved a sweaty alchemy, or close.
I'm imagining your paradoxical calm exuberance in print beyond emails. Which
of your books should I start with, darlin?
Much love, and to Russ, and hope to see you SOON,
Alice
PS Am talking to Mary today and trust to find out how Robert is. I have not
written to him yet but mean to. Clayton told me of receiving a response from
him that baldly said he wish he hadn't gone. No surprise, but I feel so
badly for him. And reported that when Robert introduced Doc to Martha, Doc
said hello and walked right away. Jesus, man! Here's hoping Doc is silent at
least in part from regret for how he behaved.
From: Gail McDonald
<g.mcdonald(a)soton.ac.uk>
Reply-To: <weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:33:34 +0100
To: weeklong-l <weeklong-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Weeklong-l] message from Gail
Dear friends,
I spent 9 hours in airports and 9 hours on a plane on Tuesday/Wednesday, and I
am still recovering from that purgatorial state and from the rigors of our
week in Winedale. I am also slow to process events that have had great
emotional significance for me. That's why I've not written before now.
I admit to feeling some trepidation about returning to Winedale: to my
20-year-old self, to acting again, to The Barn and its memories. But I see
now that I was foolish to worry: from the first, every last one of you
embraced me as if I were an old friend and made me feel I belonged there. And
I can say without even an iota of exaggeration that I have never been in the
company of so many extraordinary individuals. All of you so gifted in
multiple ways and all of you imbued with the special passion for Shakespeare
and for communal creativity that makes Winedale Winedale. It was rare
company, and I am profoundly grateful to have been with you all--singing,
eating, working, sweating, checking our streams. Extraordinary.
Here's how to contact me when you come to London:
From the States, the number is 011-44-20-7374-2550. The address is 161
Lauderdale Tower, the Barbican, London EC2Y 8BY. I can't offer to put you up,
I'm afraid, but I can feed you a good dinner and go to the theater with you
and introduce you to Russ, who is prepared to love you all after I've reported
on our time together. Please, please call if you know you are coming. I'd be
hurt if you didn't.
If you've requested book titles or websites or other information, I'll write
to you separately.
For now, I send my love and gratitude.
Gail
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