Jane Barnes

Love and miss You Jane --remembering The Island with JCasey, dearest friend Peter, Tracy B. My Immortal ones.. Duncan Choate Spencer who is still in DC onnCapitol Hill and still rowing..

Maud and Nell, my heart is sad for you all. I loved your mom so much! She taught me, as a young working mom, that it´s okay to feel like you are losing your mind . She taught me about gardening in my pajamas and we had long, passionate disagreements about the justice system when I was still naive. Wine in our gardens was a weekly ritual and she helped bake my youngest son´s (Alex) first birthday cake with Max, my oldest. I so wish she could see my sons grown up and wildly successful in...

We will miss Jane a great deal and send our condolences to her family and all those who loved her and valued her friendship.

Nell and Maude, I had the pleasure of being in a writing group with your mother in Bloomington, IL during the time she was living with Janet McNew. She was royalty in exile! Such a bright, fun, non-judgmental person who gave all of us fledgling writers support. I have never met such an accomplished person who was so humble. There was not a snobby bone in her body. She laughed at the funny parts of my poems and stories and listened to me as I tried to navigate my ambivalence about having...

Jane was a remarkable, unforgettable person-gifted, witty, fiery, energetic, sophisticated, and fascinating in every way imaginable. But Maud and Nell, you were always the center of Jane´s life. As you think of your mother now, I wish you moments of joy in the midst of your sadness. That´s what Jane would want.

Thinking of you in this sad time.