Julia totally subverted the traditional idea of what it meant to be a 'housewife' - over six feet tall, strong-minded, and just a little endearingly 'off', she was one of a kind both in and out of the kitchen. And I love that she sent a Christmas card of her and her husband in the bath together, and that she referred to death as "slipping off of the raft". This woman had spunk and real spirit. I can imagine her throwing her head back and laughing loudly and with abandon at all the complexity and, ultimately, the utter simplicity of life.
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