(1988 May 21)
Have you ever heard of a Pink Floyd Concert here? There was one last night at the Madison stadium attended by 40,000. Cotton for ears was passed out to neighbors for their ears and "Parking $5.00" signs given them. The equipment was in several semis and constructed the day before - high towers to send out sound and "grass" covered with tarps. Many cops etc.
May 7, 2011
May 6, 2011
Prioritized
(1988 May 21)
My lawn man is very eccentric and unreliable and will not agree to come on a certain day - I want Thursday so the grass grows larger. But expect him eventually. Kathryn says he is a devout Methodist and all the Methodist ladies get first consideration.
My lawn man is very eccentric and unreliable and will not agree to come on a certain day - I want Thursday so the grass grows larger. But expect him eventually. Kathryn says he is a devout Methodist and all the Methodist ladies get first consideration.
May 5, 2011
Archie
(1988 May 21)
Archie himself a character, wears the dirtiest white painter's overalls you can imagine, and emits an odor. But he is not a fool. When a screw broke off of rust in the kitchen window, he sent me for a fireplace wooden match for wood to plug the hole and a new screw. Some painters would say that is a job for a carpenter.
Archie himself a character, wears the dirtiest white painter's overalls you can imagine, and emits an odor. But he is not a fool. When a screw broke off of rust in the kitchen window, he sent me for a fireplace wooden match for wood to plug the hole and a new screw. Some painters would say that is a job for a carpenter.
May 4, 2011
Window washing
(1988 May 21)
As for me, I have been more or less occupied with workmen. Archie has been here and instead of painting the north side of the house which turn it was, he said it didn't need it and instead went around the entire house scraping off loose paint and patching. He is good at that. He also painted black the storms I still have on, washed the three sides of glass, and came into the house to do the windows in my study and kitchen which open inward. This required moving of furniture and all in turmoil. He believes when drying a window, bunched-up newspaper should be first used as the print gives a shine to the glass.
As for me, I have been more or less occupied with workmen. Archie has been here and instead of painting the north side of the house which turn it was, he said it didn't need it and instead went around the entire house scraping off loose paint and patching. He is good at that. He also painted black the storms I still have on, washed the three sides of glass, and came into the house to do the windows in my study and kitchen which open inward. This required moving of furniture and all in turmoil. He believes when drying a window, bunched-up newspaper should be first used as the print gives a shine to the glass.
May 3, 2011
Sore feet
(1988? May)
One day at a church he [Bill Peckham] was telling me old songs his father sang. One: "Polly O Polly / My feet are so sore / Dancing with you / On this sanded floor." [Another verse:] "Polly O Polly / My feet are so sore / Don't lets dance / Any more." Sounds old, doesn't it?
One day at a church he [Bill Peckham] was telling me old songs his father sang. One: "Polly O Polly / My feet are so sore / Dancing with you / On this sanded floor." [Another verse:] "Polly O Polly / My feet are so sore / Don't lets dance / Any more." Sounds old, doesn't it?
May 2, 2011
Bird business
(1988 May 27)
I must go out and let my hose run to please the robins, and supply food. It is nice to feed the birds, but I think this time of year they should take their part in the scheme of nature and eat bugs etc. on bushes. Water is another thing.
I must go out and let my hose run to please the robins, and supply food. It is nice to feed the birds, but I think this time of year they should take their part in the scheme of nature and eat bugs etc. on bushes. Water is another thing.
May 1, 2011
Little horses
(1988 May 27)
When I was at Ripon [in 1920s] a record came out about horses. It went, "Horeses - horses - horses" and then the part that always made Daddy chuckle, "Little horses." I wish I could get it for you, but I go to so few sales.
When I was at Ripon [in 1920s] a record came out about horses. It went, "Horeses - horses - horses" and then the part that always made Daddy chuckle, "Little horses." I wish I could get it for you, but I go to so few sales.
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