(1980 memoirs)
We were going to have Shortcake! And so we did. Here in the middle of the table was a wonderful strawberry short cake, and at our places we each had a small plate, fork and spoon. Nothing else at all. I think I just ate one big piece, but they kept on, piece after piece, until it was all all gone! The crust was warm and brown and crunchy on the outside, a good crumb within. And the berries, sweet of themselves, were also sugared and so delicious! I have never seen a meal more enjoyed, bite for bite -- right to the last berry.
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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