(1986 February 12)
I have solved my problem of how to make Lawrence's sweater - I don't see many boys on TV in cardigans; so think I'll make a pullover with round or V neck and long sleeves. A boy at Harvard had one on last night and looked well.
January 22, 2011
January 21, 2011
Many mansions
(1986 February12)
I have read again the paper's Christian views and find them very interesting. I used to think "many mansions" meant various Christian denominations, but yoga would depend on the thought behind it. I am reminded of Auntie Gertie [Lauson] sitting on our davenport with one long finger on a nostril of her long nose trying for levitation. Should have been so lovely if it had worked.
I have read again the paper's Christian views and find them very interesting. I used to think "many mansions" meant various Christian denominations, but yoga would depend on the thought behind it. I am reminded of Auntie Gertie [Lauson] sitting on our davenport with one long finger on a nostril of her long nose trying for levitation. Should have been so lovely if it had worked.
January 20, 2011
Portian downsized
(1986 June 28)
I called Bill and we went to see Gladys and Portia, asleep in a chair [at the Schmidt Home]. I stroked her arm to wake her and she did not know me at first. Her first words were: "I used to live in an apartment with three rooms and my own bath and took a shower every day but the woman in charge wanted the rooms and sent all my furniture off and put me down here with only this chair and lamp." I believe I have never seen such a sad sight in my life tho I know many worse in the world. When things like this happen, I always think if Daddy were only here, he would fix it, and he often put the fear of God into such people and made things right.
I called Bill and we went to see Gladys and Portia, asleep in a chair [at the Schmidt Home]. I stroked her arm to wake her and she did not know me at first. Her first words were: "I used to live in an apartment with three rooms and my own bath and took a shower every day but the woman in charge wanted the rooms and sent all my furniture off and put me down here with only this chair and lamp." I believe I have never seen such a sad sight in my life tho I know many worse in the world. When things like this happen, I always think if Daddy were only here, he would fix it, and he often put the fear of God into such people and made things right.
January 19, 2011
Crossstiches
(1986 June 28)
MaryCassidy brot her needlework to show me, counted cross stiches, which I have never attempted so fine, & told how she found a mistake MaryQueen of Scots made in her needlework hanging on a castle wall.
MaryCassidy brot her needlework to show me, counted cross stiches, which I have never attempted so fine, & told how she found a mistake MaryQueen of Scots made in her needlework hanging on a castle wall.
January 18, 2011
Drinking
(1986 October 1)
I sit at my desk and look out at my dying rose bush, my blooming chrysanthamum, yellow, and the butterflies still drinking nectar from the dying lilac, and think how nice it will be when you are here and we can drink beer together.
I sit at my desk and look out at my dying rose bush, my blooming chrysanthamum, yellow, and the butterflies still drinking nectar from the dying lilac, and think how nice it will be when you are here and we can drink beer together.
January 17, 2011
Bauermusik
(1986 October)
Today I had an odd spell related only because of its queerness. I woke about 7 cold and aching like arthritis all over. I put on a warmer quilt and turned on local radio for weather and got "Hee Haw is Good Enough for Me"- Bauermusik. About 8 got up for breakfast, glad I could walk. After early lunch, I slept an hour and woke fit as a fiddle. Odd.
Today I had an odd spell related only because of its queerness. I woke about 7 cold and aching like arthritis all over. I put on a warmer quilt and turned on local radio for weather and got "Hee Haw is Good Enough for Me"- Bauermusik. About 8 got up for breakfast, glad I could walk. After early lunch, I slept an hour and woke fit as a fiddle. Odd.
January 15, 2011
Lost in the mail
(1986 March 30)
I would complain to the Postmaster General if I thot it wold do any good - about the poor service, but I fear my letter - or his reply would get lost in the mail.
I would complain to the Postmaster General if I thot it wold do any good - about the poor service, but I fear my letter - or his reply would get lost in the mail.
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