dear mrs. larner

today's collage, dear mrs. larner, is made of antique letters that my dear friend phyllis gave to me for graduation from college. other people thought it was a strange gift, an old box of letters. at the time i was writing a lot, poetry and essays, and phyllis was convinced that i would write a great novel.

the letters were boring. very mundane. no drama, love letters or the like. i quit writing. but years later those letters are a treasure trove of material to use in my collages.