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.
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.
Only song Grandma Martha Parsons sang: "The north wind doth blow, / And soon we'll have snow, / And WHAT will the Robin do then? / Poor thing. / He'll sit by the barn / And keep himself warm / And HIDE his head under his wing. / Poor thing."
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