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My friends: Mary

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28 years with Mary

The full life story of Mary will be told later. Mary was the one whose house was firebombed by Ku Klux Klan-type whites after my first love affair with her in 1975. Our friendship has continued ever since.

       

Firebombing by KKK
in 1975
No plumbing
in 1975
With her 3 pistols
in 1975
Washing me up
in 1975
       
After the fire
in 1975
Happy family before fire
in 1975
With no cooking facilities
in 1975
Her new house
in 1978
       

Before bedtime
in 1975
Praying at bedtime
in 1978
Still armed
in 1984
American Pictures posters
in 1985
       

Reading in my book about
the fire in 1978
Dressing up to party
in 1985
Looking at my van
in 1986
Radio and electricity
in 1986
       

Putting wood in stove
in 1989
Cooking for Danish filmcrew
in 1991
With Joe and her gun
in 1984
Fieldworker picking beans
in 1987
       

Outside Ida and Joes house
in 1993
In neighbor shack
in 1993
At a party in the joint
in 1994
Pool with Anita Roddick
in 1996
       

With son John
in 1984
With John
in 1993
With John
in 2002
At Ida and Joes house
in 1993
       

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