I sat there watching the show, with tears in my eyes in response to Joni's incredible bell-like voice in her youth, feeling so *gratified* that her praises were being sung so well and hoping that maybe, just maybe, many up-till-now deprived people would get an inkling of what I have raved about for years. Joni has created music of great depth and beauty, and to miss it is to miss something that touches one's spirit and is rare -- except to those of us who have heard her do it over and over again.
There was no one like her back then (in the era the show covered last night), and there still isn't. While the show was on, although I was taping it, no one in my family dared talk to me! I was entranced, thrilled, couldn't get enough, and the hour flew by WAY too fast. I hadn't seen a lot of the footage they ran, and particularly enjoyed Joni's present commentary filmed as she sat at her kitchen table. In spite of her world travels and California/BC life, she still somehow comes across familiar -- like any other 59-year-old Saskatchewan lady I know. How that can be, in view of the life she's had (for surely she doesn't feel at home here anymore and probably hasn't since she was a teen), I can't really say. But the Saskatchewan "light" is on her face... the "what's all the fuss about" attitude we have toward celebrity ... maybe Joni could articulate it for me one day. Joni's not very tall; I'm almost 5'5" and she is just a bit taller, maybe 5'6" or 5'7". Kate du Nord http://xoetc.antville.org
