(1986 September 16)
I am sorry about your friend's death [Garett Droppers], surely a shock to all. I got quite a shock some years ago when I realized my grandparents were gone, all my aunts and uncles, cousins, my husband, many of my friends, and I stood alone with my descendants.
January 14, 2011
January 13, 2011
Fine print
(1986 September 16)
Yesterday I received a request for a proxy for the Helmsman Fund from Marine [her bank] and I could no more read it sensibly than if it were in Hebrew. Someone in the family must know about these things or always be trotting to a lawyer who may not know either. I do these things blindly, prayerfully.
Yesterday I received a request for a proxy for the Helmsman Fund from Marine [her bank] and I could no more read it sensibly than if it were in Hebrew. Someone in the family must know about these things or always be trotting to a lawyer who may not know either. I do these things blindly, prayerfully.
January 12, 2011
No veal
(1986 September 16)
Tell me now - what shall I cook for you when you are here? Make out a nice little menu and we shall see what we can do to please you. (PS - no veal in town) [essential ingredient for her meatloaf, Skip's favorite].
Tell me now - what shall I cook for you when you are here? Make out a nice little menu and we shall see what we can do to please you. (PS - no veal in town) [essential ingredient for her meatloaf, Skip's favorite].
January 11, 2011
Eccentric old lady
(1985 April)
I must get this right off to you: Suzy [Hirschy] told her art teacher she was now staying with Polly Kay, to which he responded: "Polly Kay? Isn't she that eccentric old lady who lives in that big white house?" I have been hilarious ever since! But what do I do that is so odd? Perhaps go out little? Can you tell me? No 20 cats etc. etc.
I must get this right off to you: Suzy [Hirschy] told her art teacher she was now staying with Polly Kay, to which he responded: "Polly Kay? Isn't she that eccentric old lady who lives in that big white house?" I have been hilarious ever since! But what do I do that is so odd? Perhaps go out little? Can you tell me? No 20 cats etc. etc.
January 10, 2011
Alaska bound
(1985 November 9)
[After a heavy snowfall, next-door neighbor] Suzy Hirschy came to see me wearing snow shoes and a back pack in which she had her new sleeping "mummy"-bag lined with red and also two heavy dictionaries to toughen her up for Alaska. I think she will enjoy her experience. She brot two Fortune Cookies and we had tea. Hers read: "You will set your foot on many lands" and that suited her to a T.
[After a heavy snowfall, next-door neighbor] Suzy Hirschy came to see me wearing snow shoes and a back pack in which she had her new sleeping "mummy"-bag lined with red and also two heavy dictionaries to toughen her up for Alaska. I think she will enjoy her experience. She brot two Fortune Cookies and we had tea. Hers read: "You will set your foot on many lands" and that suited her to a T.
January 9, 2011
Authentic atmospheres
(1984 May 14)
I am eating chop suey from my Blue Willow China and looking at Cherry Blossoms. Is that Oriental enough for you? [Written on a card illustrated with a Japanese screen painting.] .... Friday morning a Boston Fern came into my life. It was a Mother's Day gift from Mary Margaret. Now the atmosphere in this old house is really authentic.
I am eating chop suey from my Blue Willow China and looking at Cherry Blossoms. Is that Oriental enough for you? [Written on a card illustrated with a Japanese screen painting.] .... Friday morning a Boston Fern came into my life. It was a Mother's Day gift from Mary Margaret. Now the atmosphere in this old house is really authentic.
January 8, 2011
Harliquinade
(1982 October)
Well - here is Chapter I [of her Harlequin romance]. Please read it with pad & pen to jot down all reactions. And let me have them. Also - where do we go from here? I really don't have my story line developed very well. But now that we know Brown Bird & Annie Apple are engaged, I think C. Ford will see them (E. & Tom) together and be jealous. What form will this jealousy take? How will she know?
Well - here is Chapter I [of her Harlequin romance]. Please read it with pad & pen to jot down all reactions. And let me have them. Also - where do we go from here? I really don't have my story line developed very well. But now that we know Brown Bird & Annie Apple are engaged, I think C. Ford will see them (E. & Tom) together and be jealous. What form will this jealousy take? How will she know?
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