Don’t call Marge Dorfmeister a cute little old lady.
There’s something about people who grew up on a farm. Octogenarian Marge Dorfmeister shares a lifetime of experiences, her poetry, her humor, and her ideas about the end of life.
Show Notes and Links:
- She’s a farm girl! Call her Marge
- Moving to Buena Vista, CO and never looking back
- Former president of Chaffee County Writers Exchange, and now the oldest member
- The news, war, and her work establishing a new campus of Colorado Mountain College
- Writing groups, the Shavano Poets, and her poem “What Was the Question?”
- Dealing with the end of a 67 year relationship with her man
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Her favorite “Secret Garden” door The idea of being a “cute little old lady” and the circle of life
- “Old wives tales” medical treatment
- Fears?
- Happy memories, her husband, the Pick and Shovel Players
- Controversial actions
- Advice, even though she doesn’t believe in giving it
- Her songwriting and how her daily routine has changed
- These are a few of her favorite things
- Storytelling and dreams
- Secrets
Handwritten notes of Marge’s music, page 1 
How did the people at High Mountain Pies know that Marge is turning 88?! (photo taken by me after a Chaffee County Writers Exchange gathering in Leadville on 8/13/18) 
Lyrics to Marge’s song “It Takes A Lot Of Slinging To Make A Tow A Town”! - Next episode: Something completely different
More Links:
- Episode 16: What Makes a Man
- Laurel’s Amazon Author page
- https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
- https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
- https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
- Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music
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