<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dear Betsy,</div><div>I have been on the island most of September and will be back on Friday the 23 for the last week leading up to Trap Day Oct. 1, the official start of the lobstering season there. We will finish filming that weekend. It seems that you and Peggy will be zigging when I zag, so I am very sorry I will not be there when you are. You can see my work still at the Lupine gallery, as well as the porch of the Island Inn and the activity room of the Monhegan House. I have open studio hours in August, but any other time you can call. Darn! That would have been fun. I enjoyed our visit last time. Have a great sister time together!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></span></div><div>The wedding sounds lovely. We had a niece and a nephew in weddings this summer, and it was such fun to see the younger generation embarking on that journey.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Best, </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Kate </span></div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:47 AM, "Jane M. Hill" <<a href="mailto:jhill@cybermesa.com">jhill@cybermesa.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Dear Betsy,<br>
<br>
Thanks for thinking I was clever, but the truth is that after so
many years in Greece, Cavafy's poetry is dear to my heart. I was
somewhat stunned to learn that Jackie K-O (not Kingswood - Oxford)
knew and liked Cavafy's poetry. <br>
<br>
As for the "wine-dark sea", I must say that the phrase comes to mind
when I am on the Aegean. No matter how you cut it, though, the water
is blue. I'm just not sure what Homer was thinking.<br>
<br>
The wedding sounds great. I suspect the music was wonderful as well?
Have fun on Monhegan!<br>
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On 9/14/2011 10:54 PM, Betsy Cadbury wrote:
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<div><span>Thanks for sharing, Jane! Who can forget Miss
Jarrell's class: every time I think of the word "metaphor",
I hear her talking about the "wine-dark sea"! I also saw
only part of the Jackie Kennedy special, as I had a
rehearsal, but I loved the Ithaca poem. How clever of you
to have picked up on it right away, remembered where you had
heard it, and sent it along for all of us to enjoy!</span></div>
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<div><span>Katie, my sister Peggy is here in Pittsfield with me
now, doing a pastels workshop in Concord, and we are
planning a "sisters" trip out to Monhegan next week - she to
paint and I to write. Will you still be on the island when
we are there (from Monday, Sept. 18 to Friday, Sept. 23)?
We'll be staying at the Tribley Cottages, down past Shining
Sails. Perhaps you can join us for lunch or supper? When
is your women artists documentary being aired? Is there a
gallery on the island that is showing your work? Or just in
your own studio? It was great to have news of you and your
children! </span></div>
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<div><span>My daughter Cate was married last July in Montreal -
gorgeous wedding, lovely couple, another step on the long
journey!</span></div>
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<div>Hope to see you all in 2013 at our 50th! Love, Betsy</div>
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<div>Thanks, Jane.</div>
<div>I am out here in TV-less land ( Monhegan Island where
I live in the summer), so I did not catch the Jackie
Kennedy special. The poem was odd to hear recited that
way, but the sentiment was clear. We are all certainly
rich in experience and becoming richer as we age. I have
had the great privilege of being involved in a
documentary here on the island of the older women
artists (believe it or not, I am not the oldest!), some
in their 90s who are still in the studio every day,
despite poor health and failing eyesight. They are my
wonderful mentors, and I hope I will have a spirit as
indomitable as theirs in 25 years.</div>
<div>I think of you all often, and was so pleased to know
that Judy Powers had seen my work in the Painters,
Players and Poets show in Boothbay Harbor earlier this
summer. That show had a live opening in Portland last
week that I went in to see; it was thrilling to hear the
live performances of musicians like Noel Paul Stookey
and poets like Betsy Sholl along with the art that
formed the collaboration. Cindy Bullens sang her song
"Healing the Break," named after my piece, and it was
beautiful!</div>
<div>My children are in Maine and California: oldest Chris
a musician, and youngest Luke with his own startup,
"Luke's Local"-check it out online-are both in the Bay
area; Eliza and Sarah and Matt all live in Maine with
their families. I am so lucky to have 8 of my 9
grandkids nearby. </div>
<div>Is anyone living in the Pittsburgh area?I am going to
do a show out there next September that will commemorate
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published 50 years ago.</div>
<div>Be well, and may your journeys be long!</div>
<div>Love,</div>
<div>Kate</div>
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On Sep 14, 2011, at 6:35 PM, "Jane M. Hill" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jhill@cybermesa.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jhill@cybermesa.com"><a href="mailto:jhill@cybermesa.com">jhill@cybermesa.com</a></a>>
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<div> Dear Classmates,<br>
<br>
Last night I caught most of an ABC special that played
some of the newly released interview with Jackie,
taped sometime before her death. In the last 60
seconds Diane Sawyer said that during the production
they (whoever they are) had looked for a poem that was
important to Jackie and somehow characterized her
spirit. She said that they came up with "keep your
spirits high and hope that the journey is a long one"
(close enough). I was floored! That's C.P. Cavafy, a
Greek poet that lived in Alexandria in the first half
of the 20th century. In the <u>Alexandrian Quartet</u>,
in fact, Lawrence Durrell referred to Cavafy as "the
old man of the city".<br>
<br>
Since almost all of us read the Odyssey in Miss
Jarrell's 8th grade English, I thought I would like to
share the poem in question. It is not the best
translation (and certainly not mine), but "Ithaca" is
a great piece of poetry. My son also found a YouTube
of the poem read by Sean Connery! It's hokey but fun:<br>
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<h2><font color="#000000">Ithaca</font></h2>
<font color="#000000"> When you set out on your
journey to Ithaca,<br>
pray that the road is long,<br>
full of adventure, full of knowledge.<br>
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,<br>
the angry Poseidon -- do not fear them:<br>
You will never find such as these on your path,<br>
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine<br>
emotion touches your spirit and your body.<br>
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,<br>
the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter,<br>
if you do not carry them within your soul,<br>
if your soul does not set them up before you.<br>
<br>
Pray that the road is long.<br>
That the summer mornings are many, when,<br>
with such pleasure, with such joy<br>
you will enter ports seen for the first time;<br>
stop at Phoenician markets,<br>
and purchase fine merchandise,<br>
mother-of-pearl and coral, amber and ebony,<br>
and sensual perfumes of all kinds,<br>
as many sensual perfumes as you can;<br>
visit many Egyptian cities,<br>
to learn and learn from scholars.<br>
<br>
Always keep Ithaca in your mind.<br>
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.<br>
But do not hurry the voyage at all.<br>
It is better to let it last for many years;<br>
and to anchor at the island when you are old,<br>
rich with all you have gained on the way,<br>
not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.<br>
<br>
Ithaca has given you the beautiful journey.<br>
Without her you would have never set out on the
road.<br>
She has nothing more to give you.<br>
<br>
And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived
you.<br>
Wise as you have become, with so much experience,<br>
you will understand what the Ithacas mean.<br>
<br>
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<i>Constantine P. Cavafy (1911)</i></font>
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