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January 17, 2005

Never too late?

One short note before bed. This is about my beginnings, and I hope it rings a bell with somebody. Back in PA when I was a little little girl playing cowboys and Indians, I remember now, that I was prone to faint, ( as cowgirls on tv did) and fall to the ground, hand over my head, palm up. I remember kids standing over me, girls that knew about this fainting, and boys who said,” What happened?” The girls replying, “Oh, she fainted.”

My my, the joys of childhood, any other fainters out there? I was also responsible for butter and brown sugar sandwiches for all the kids. And... I made maple leaf and lilac corsages and sold them door to door for a nickel when I was 5. MY first great idea. It all began then...or maybe that is when it all ended? Maybe, just maybe, unlike Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda, who apparently continued with their cowboy playing, as actors, I failed to acknowledge my budding talents as a drama queen..or else, maybe it was moving to Texas that was responsible...learning too soon there weren't really any cowboys and Indians fighting it out in the wild west. Yes, I think that was what stunted my acting career! They say it is never too late!

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