(Lyndon 12)
Lyndon never missed a class in school, but just got by. He never did any outside study at all. In high school one of his best subjects was art, all done in the classroom. He got to staying out nights with friends we didn't know.
October 31, 2013
October 29, 2013
Free spirit
(Lyndon 11)
Lu never thought about it [i.e. education] at all. She wanted every one there when dinner was ready, tried to help us when we asked her, was ready to go to the park to swim, more than generous with handing out money for movies, ice cream, etc. In ways she was like a child herself. ...
Lu never thought about it [i.e. education] at all. She wanted every one there when dinner was ready, tried to help us when we asked her, was ready to go to the park to swim, more than generous with handing out money for movies, ice cream, etc. In ways she was like a child herself. ...
October 27, 2013
Backup
(Lyndon 10)
So you can see how it was. I had had my mother long enough to have been influenced by her ideals. I wanted to go to school. My father often told me I could go as long as I wanted, be a doctor, and he would back me up.
So you can see how it was. I had had my mother long enough to have been influenced by her ideals. I wanted to go to school. My father often told me I could go as long as I wanted, be a doctor, and he would back me up.
October 24, 2013
Lu
(Lyndon 9)
[After my mother died in 1919] my father married within the year to a woman [Lu] so opposite to my mother. She was healthy, used cosmetics, had about a fourth grade education, never thought about God, but did go for the right. She was good hearted, a hard worker, could now sew at all, could cook, no experience with kids.
[After my mother died in 1919] my father married within the year to a woman [Lu] so opposite to my mother. She was healthy, used cosmetics, had about a fourth grade education, never thought about God, but did go for the right. She was good hearted, a hard worker, could now sew at all, could cook, no experience with kids.
October 22, 2013
Pa & Ma Parsons
(Lyndon 8)
You can see where the discipline was seated in our family. My father liked above all harmony, love for each other, pride in achievement. My mother was for Truth, perfection, sticking it out, love of God, and of course she loved us too. But we often forgot that because she was stern and always demanding our best.
You can see where the discipline was seated in our family. My father liked above all harmony, love for each other, pride in achievement. My mother was for Truth, perfection, sticking it out, love of God, and of course she loved us too. But we often forgot that because she was stern and always demanding our best.
October 20, 2013
Potatoes
(Lyndon 7)
My mother had been a school teacher, had a great deal of determination and German drive, insisted on perfection. One time when she was sick, I got supper. My father said, "A good supper. The potatoes are fine and well mashed too." My mother said, "Yes, the potatoes are good but not well mashed. They are full of lumps." My father swore.
My mother had been a school teacher, had a great deal of determination and German drive, insisted on perfection. One time when she was sick, I got supper. My father said, "A good supper. The potatoes are fine and well mashed too." My mother said, "Yes, the potatoes are good but not well mashed. They are full of lumps." My father swore.
October 19, 2013
Explanation
(Lyndon 6)
So we grew up and went to country school. He was smart but not an excellent student. I was a sophomore in high school when my mother died. ... If she had lived, she would have been a good influence on Lyn and seen to it he had his lessons.
So we grew up and went to country school. He was smart but not an excellent student. I was a sophomore in high school when my mother died. ... If she had lived, she would have been a good influence on Lyn and seen to it he had his lessons.
October 17, 2013
Comfort
(Lyndon 5)
[When I tore up Lyndon's valentine] he let out a wail and my mother scolded me. My father asked, "What's wrong?" Mother said, "She tore up the only valentine the poor boy had!" My father said, "Well, doll -- it's hell to be the oldest."
[When I tore up Lyndon's valentine] he let out a wail and my mother scolded me. My father asked, "What's wrong?" Mother said, "She tore up the only valentine the poor boy had!" My father said, "Well, doll -- it's hell to be the oldest."
October 15, 2013
Broken heart
(Lyndon 4)
Another shameful time when we sat around the dining room table making valentines. We were cutting and pasting away and what he did to annoy me I cannot recall. But I grabbed his valentine and tore it up!
Another shameful time when we sat around the dining room table making valentines. We were cutting and pasting away and what he did to annoy me I cannot recall. But I grabbed his valentine and tore it up!
October 13, 2013
Bug off
(Lyndon 3)
We lived alone in the country and looking back I can say I am now ashamed of the way I treated him. I was playing with my doll family and he had nothing to do so followed me around. I would blow up at him and tell him to play elsewhere. Isn't it strange miserable actions often stay with us all our lives?
We lived alone in the country and looking back I can say I am now ashamed of the way I treated him. I was playing with my doll family and he had nothing to do so followed me around. I would blow up at him and tell him to play elsewhere. Isn't it strange miserable actions often stay with us all our lives?
October 12, 2013
Lyndon
(Lyndon 2)
Lyndon was about half my age and was born [1911] in Green Lake, I believe, when we lived on the Victor F. Lawson estate. He was healthy, medium straight brown hair with blue eyes, rather slim.
Lyndon was about half my age and was born [1911] in Green Lake, I believe, when we lived on the Victor F. Lawson estate. He was healthy, medium straight brown hair with blue eyes, rather slim.
October 10, 2013
I'll try
(Lyndon 1)
[Polly's memoir of her brother, written in July 1980.] I will try to write a few words about my only brother, Lyndon Ellman Parsons, but not factual as you know my memory is not that good. But since you inquired, I'll try. One day in our study in the vicinity of the record collection I came across a newspaper account of his death. I looked again, just now, without finding it, but if ever I do, you will be the one I'll send it to. [It did turn up.]
[Polly's memoir of her brother, written in July 1980.] I will try to write a few words about my only brother, Lyndon Ellman Parsons, but not factual as you know my memory is not that good. But since you inquired, I'll try. One day in our study in the vicinity of the record collection I came across a newspaper account of his death. I looked again, just now, without finding it, but if ever I do, you will be the one I'll send it to. [It did turn up.]
October 8, 2013
Aftermath
(Dogs 43)
At home [after the chase] my husband was waiting lunch too, and wondered at finding everything laid out and no sign of life in the place. I have forgotten lunch and the conversation, but I do recall the long sessions of combing the burrs out of that dog's air.
At home [after the chase] my husband was waiting lunch too, and wondered at finding everything laid out and no sign of life in the place. I have forgotten lunch and the conversation, but I do recall the long sessions of combing the burrs out of that dog's air.
October 7, 2013
Merry chase
(Dogs 42)
[Chasing runaway Dee] I got ahead of him and he ran back up Williams' drive -- and I after him. Heading west he went thru a field and I went rightn his heels. He went over a wall; I went over the wall. By this time it was noon and people were coming home for lunch. One man, sizing up the situation, stopped, opened his car door, whistled, and Dee jumped in. "Oh, thank you!" I said gratefully, snapping the leash on his collar. "Works every time," he smile
[Chasing runaway Dee] I got ahead of him and he ran back up Williams' drive -- and I after him. Heading west he went thru a field and I went rightn his heels. He went over a wall; I went over the wall. By this time it was noon and people were coming home for lunch. One man, sizing up the situation, stopped, opened his car door, whistled, and Dee jumped in. "Oh, thank you!" I said gratefully, snapping the leash on his collar. "Works every time," he smile
October 6, 2013
Outcast
(Dogs 41) Of course he ran away now and then, but I'll never forget the worst time. I had spanked him for wetting on the kitchen floor and dropped him outside. At once he left home and trotted up the road. When I saw this, I grabbed his leash and hurried after him. He would have nothing to do with me.
October 3, 2013
On cue
(Dogs 40)
One day when I was having trouble with a dress pattern, thinking out loud to my self to clear things up: "Here is A, the front -- here's B and C -- but where is D?" I looked up and here he came trotting in!
One day when I was having trouble with a dress pattern, thinking out loud to my self to clear things up: "Here is A, the front -- here's B and C -- but where is D?" I looked up and here he came trotting in!
October 1, 2013
On patrol
(Dogs 38)
When Mr. Dee first got the hang of our house, which is long with wide window sills, he started to patrol it. Sitting in one window, he would peer thru his long eyebrows until he saw someone going by, a cat on the hill, not country cars, then he would give the alarm, running the length of the house, jumping on each window sill as he went. After a few weeks of this, I decided this was too hard on the paint as well as the ears and got thru to him it wasn't wanted.
When Mr. Dee first got the hang of our house, which is long with wide window sills, he started to patrol it. Sitting in one window, he would peer thru his long eyebrows until he saw someone going by, a cat on the hill, not country cars, then he would give the alarm, running the length of the house, jumping on each window sill as he went. After a few weeks of this, I decided this was too hard on the paint as well as the ears and got thru to him it wasn't wanted.
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