One time the class had left a mess in the kitchen from a banquet the night before. I tried to get up early to clean it up before Angelene arrived but she beat me to it. I felt terrible and apologized. I remember Angelene saying in her Texan-German accent, "That's ok, Madge. There's always more water and we just wash it all away." It was an incredibly kind and wise and comforting thing to say and I think about it often.

Thank you for letting us know, Doc.

Love,

Madge

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:23 PM James Ayres <jayres@cvctx.com> wrote:

Angelene died today. She was our cook at Winedale for my 30 years of Shakespeare at Winedale. She loved cooking and she loved Shakespeare at Winedale. In 1980 she promised me that she would retire only when I did. And she kept that promise. Many of you do not know but at the end of each summer, she gave me a greeting card on which she wrote simply “Thanks”. Inside was a folded new 100 bill. For 30 years. For Shakespeare at Winedale. And you likely don’t know that when she cooked fried chicken, she saved the wings for me, hiding them in the kitchen.

She loved every one of you too.

Doc

Jim (Doc) Ayres
Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas
Founding Director, Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare
Director of Mission, Camp Shakespeare

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