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[hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]

On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Steelhead wrote:
> Word is Annie divorced the poet Richard Dillard, after her moment in the
> sun, following publication of Pilgrim at Tinkle (just kidding) Creek,
> because he wasn't up in her intellectual statosphere and kept asking her to
> help out in the garden. Annie said, Damnit, Richard, I'm thinking. Can't
> the nurse mammie weed the Swiss char?

Oh, my.

By the bye, this brought to mind a persistent rumor I keep hearing.

According to this malignant rumor, once upon a time there was a male
writer, who -- in order to maintain his creative freedom -- took it 
for granted to be free from household chores, can you believe it!!

But I'm sure it's only a rumor.

Heikki