This is Ann. I say 'is' on purpose.
http://apodolske.blogspot.com/2010/06/love-to-you-all-june-1-2010.html
Note how she apologized to those she couldn't get to because she was busy dying. That, "Sorry!" at the end just nails me every time because it could have been written with a number of inflections. Sincerely. Kindly. Or ironically. Probably all of them at once.
See that? Right there could seem a wee disrepectful to the recently deceased, right?Accusing a dying woman of being ironic? But she would have laughed. Comedy that is worth its salt is also worth a risk sometimes too. She got that. Most lady comics do.
Ann lived in the Northampton area, pretty far from Boston but close to some other lady comic friends, Boney and Jennifer. Jennifer and Ann often traveled together. I met her doing Jennifer's Girls! Girls! Girls! show at The Pace Center in Easthampton. Jennifer's fiance Scott was always there too. I loved being around them. No one made me laugh harder. Jennifer called us 'lady comics' because it was exactly right.
Ann died in 2010, shortly after the passing of her life partner of a decade and a half, Linda. As you can see from her writing, she didn't want to go. It was too early yet.
We still share our love and admiration for her. When I see Jennifer and Scott, I see Ann too. It's the beauty of being a Lady Comic. Just because you are gone, doesn't mean that you aren't here with us too.
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