She adores the movies, as I do, and would dearly love to live in America, as I would, and we both think Elvis Presley is a fool but we adore his wiggles. I feel as though I’ve known her all my life, and in al my other lives! Her name being Mary Drew, I got the idea to call her Druid after the wonderful sacrificial egg … Roddy doesn’t annoy me as much now, though he is still horrible, horrible! — from the diary of Martha Kent, September 1955 SEPTEMBER, 1955 The Kent house in Weerdale was an old three-storied Tudor place with too many drafts, and a lawn filled with oaks, chestnuts and slender birches. It had a rambling, almost dilapidated, look and an incredibly well-kept garden. William Kent had named it “John-a-dreams.” He had bought it in 1950, when he moved to Weerdale to accept a position at Melrose College For Women. Martha used to occupy the room on the third floor and called it “The Crow’s Nest.” But it had been converted into an apartment for Roddy, who lived with them now.
