Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:14:22 -0500
From: Catherine Berchtold <bercht@PIPELINE.COM>
Subject:      Re: INT: Writers Party - The Arrival

At 05:21 PM 10/7/97 -0400, Tom Sawyer wrote:

>Surely Izzy will.  Iz wouldn't miss this for the world.  How about CathyB?
>Ummm, she may have baby-sitting problems.  Certainly Judy Ray will be here.
>Hard to imaging her passing up the chance for all the Writers to see her
>red hair.  And speaking of red hair, Phanny knows Tom will come to the
>gathering.  He may be a sorry writer, but he's a world class exhibitionist!

Writers note:  I could just cry.....  Tom remembered.  ;)

Daisy Mae hiked her knee-kissing skirt up and leaped over the side=20
of the small boat.  Water swirled =91round her legs as she dug her toes
inna squishy sand and gazed up at the purty island.

"What in tarnation am I doin=92 here?" =20

Daisy Mae wuz a country girl who never had no book learnin=92 or=20
proper raisin=92 but she wuz smart enough ta know=92d that she wuz=20
far from home.  Trudgin=92 through the water, she stood onna beach=20
where the sand wuz so dang-burn hot, she had ta hop from foot ta=20
foot.

Just as Daisy jumped on some seaweed ta cool down her flamin=92=20
feet, two figures come outta the jungle.  One wuz a short, dark=20
haired woman and the other wuz=85=85  Looked ta be like a large=20
man wearin=92 a dress!  The pair walked across the beach with the=20
man=92s ankles twistin=92 in his high-heeled shoes. =20

Daisy smiled, "Howdy."

The small woman with her hair in pig tails spoke first.  "Hello.  My=20
name is MaryAnn and this is the Skipper."

Daisy looked from one ta the other and saw the pleadin=92 in the big=20
man=92s eyes.  "Ya doin=92 okay, mister?  Looks ta me like them fancy=20
shoes is killin=92 your feet."

"Please, ma=92am, help me!  I=92ll do anything!  This lady is crazy!  I=92m=
=20
Omar, the Arab tentmaker.  I came here for Phanny=92s party and she=20
kidnapped me!  She insist on calling me Skipper and she=85=85  she=85=85 =20
she took my CHEETOS!" =20