She had a friend, Judy Cook, disseminate her collection of earrings and some other jewelry and took notes as to who selected which to report back to Mary. I wrote in a card that I'd always think of her whenever I wore the earrings, and I do.   My favorite pair is a deep iridescent blue with herons (or cranes--need better eyes).

She made me feel welcome at a venue where everyone already knew each other. She told me she remembered how it felt to be 'new'. I believe she was like that with everyone.

I mentioned the newly hatched dragonfly. What I didn't say was when she showed it to me, clinging to a plant by a pond, it looked pretty beaten up and I thought it was dying. Then she explained it had just then become a dragonfly, and its wings were only drying.