figure eight, the story of mary campbell | part 1/3
Marianne Campbell was born during a dry spell, on an early December morning in 1954. Her sister, Evelyn Campbell, was born almost six years later on a pleasant September evening, as the early fall breeze swept in through the windows, left open just a crack to cool the new home down. On both days, though the doors of the family home were locked, they were paid a visit. They were unaware that they were not alone.
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Listen to Mary’s playlist, her infinite loop of a narrative.
They must have looked very queer from outside, popping out into the air one after one another, green, blue, red, silver-grey, yellow, white; big ones, little ones; little ones dodging through big ones and joining into figure-eights, and going off like a flock of birds into the distance.
Born 100 years ago this day, Margrethe Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), known professionally as Blossom Dearie.
She is not to be confused with Blossom Seeley or Blossom Rock! H’m…I used to think it was an unusual name. People my age are most likely to know Dearie’s singing (if not her name) from the three songs she performed for Schoolhouse Rock in the ’70s, including the haunting “Figure Eight”…