From: SRigg37889 at aol.com <SRigg37889>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 21:38:52 -0400

Cadaver is one of those names that burst forth full-blown as soon as I figured out she was a nurse (hm-- I do not know why she was a nurse in the first place). I suppose I liked the irony of a nurse named Cadaver. And right away I knew that Phoebe would take that name and run with its suggestions. That name Cadaver also suggested, I suppose (but am not sure), the dead husband and the later association with Chanhassen.
  In response to earlier comments on Mrs. Partridge and her associations with birds and trees, I see that here we have a CADAVER, whose MOTHER is a partridge (BIRD), and a bird dwells in a TREE,-? the ending-- and ooh, this is getting a bit spooky for me. Although I was aware of the bird and tree possibilities when writing WTM, it's only now that I see the connection between the 'cadaver' and 'bird' mother.
   Your comments are making me spill all my talcum powder (see acceptance speech for explanation)... Sharon Creech
Received on Fri 28 Jul 1995 08:38:52 PM CDT