(1949 November 16)
[Postcard to Skip who was taking Freshman French:] Je pense que votre chien est enceinte. [He got it just before class, and anxious to know what was wrong with his dog, he asked his teacher to translate enceinte and was mortified when the old lady snapped "pregnant."]
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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