1. Sylvia Plath: you sweet, broken genius. Come over and have tea. I’ll keep you away from the oven if you stay away from my daddy issues.
2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: How fantastic to have one of the mothers of feminism at our table! Please, Elizabeth, stay awhile and help us fix this unholy mess of a country.
3. Marilyn Monroe: I believe she was way smarter than any of us gave her credit for, and broken like the rest of us.
4. Susan B. Anthony: a little redundant, what with E. C. Stanton, but I bet she’d be fun at parties.
5. Liz Phair: given the guest list, I think she’d be a kick-ass addition. Plus, she’s also the only one besides me who’s still alive.
6. 7, 8, and 9. My great-grandmothers, Beatta, Myra, Elizabeth, and Emilie. I never met any of them, and I think it would be cool to hang out with all 4. I know Beatta died of cancer, Myra is whom my mother is named after, Elizabeth had long, thick, white hair, and Emilie had five children including identical twins, one of which she named Emil. I don’t know if they like talking politics, or music, or Kennedys, but we’ll figure out something.
We would eat expensive cheese, drink cheap wine, and have lefse. Who would you invite to your party?
1 comment:
Your great grandmother Elizabeth drank tea or hot water (yuck) and I remember her saying that "it is good for you if you like it." I don't remember the context, but I like the concept.
Your great grandmother Emilie drank black coffee, as I remember. Since she didn't speak English and I didn't speak Norwegian, we didn't communicate. I felt like a nonentity as I sat on my mother's lap and dipped loaf sugar into my mother's black coffee.
Shirley
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