EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part II of a series. Part I was published on June 22 and can be found here. In 1990, historian, artist, folklorist, and poet Jim Bowsher decided to start a new project for the millennium. He had already acquired a couple of large pieces that wouldn’t fit in his Wapakoneta house, […]
Jim Bowsher
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Part I: Mark Jordan’s ode to iconic writer, storyteller Jim Bowsher
MANSFIELD — The telephone rang. It was a chilly late afternoon in December of 2003. I was sitting at the desk in my apartment that I rented from the Mansfield Playhouse, half of their old costume storage building. I answered the phone. It was Susie Schaus, the Playhouse secretary. “Mark, I have a message for […]