(1994 Thanksgiving)
This pen is BIC but may be ready to discard. ... Sherry is nervous because I haven't sent Sally some money. I thought (threw pen in waste basket and hope this is better) (not much) (idea for Xmas). If I can find check book and pen, I'll send a check today in this letter. ... Well, I'll try to finish with this BIC. [11 more lines follow.]
Polly Kay (1904-1997) vividly and with humor describes her life in Richland Center, Wisconsin, in excerpts from letters to her son Skip written after 1949, including her 5 last years in an old folks' home.
About Me
- Polly
- A lifelong Wisconsinite, Carolyn Parsons (1904-1997)got a B.A. in English at Ripon College, taught high school, and in 1930 married Lorin L. Kay, a lawyer first in Milwaukee and from 1938 on in Richland Center (he died in 1970). Their children: Mary Margaret and Richard/Skip, editor of this blog.
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