(1993 July)
The maid who got me water and took my dirty clothes asked, "Do you have to read before you go to sleep?" - "Is there another way?" - "I just touch my head to the pillow and I'm asleep." - "You're lucky."
April 7, 2012
April 6, 2012
Poetry?
(1993 July)
I hope you remember - when you were here - we were going down the hall to dinner and I hurried you up so you (and Sherry) could meet Earl, our famous poet. I intended to go to the office to buy you a copy of his poetry (ahem) $10.00. "It costs to have the printing, and that you know." Well, I'm sorry I didn't get you a copy of Earl's book right then; but here is a copy now, and you can understand why Margaret Scott turned her head and smiled when I asked her to point out the poet to me. She said her part was to show him how to get his poems copyrighted. No word of quality of writing, etc.
I hope you remember - when you were here - we were going down the hall to dinner and I hurried you up so you (and Sherry) could meet Earl, our famous poet. I intended to go to the office to buy you a copy of his poetry (ahem) $10.00. "It costs to have the printing, and that you know." Well, I'm sorry I didn't get you a copy of Earl's book right then; but here is a copy now, and you can understand why Margaret Scott turned her head and smiled when I asked her to point out the poet to me. She said her part was to show him how to get his poems copyrighted. No word of quality of writing, etc.
April 5, 2012
Kerosine
(1993 July 19)
Ron is working on Daddy's alarm clock and came in my room very pleased to say it has been running for an hour. I asked him to work on it because I know it required kerosine to clean it and Ron owns filling sttions.
Ron is working on Daddy's alarm clock and came in my room very pleased to say it has been running for an hour. I asked him to work on it because I know it required kerosine to clean it and Ron owns filling sttions.
April 4, 2012
Breakfasts past
(1993 July)
Ron has put kerosene in Daddy's alarm clock [to fix it] - the one that roused me at 6:30 so many days. I would dash in the bathroom and then to the kitchen and get his breakfast. His breakfast was glass of orange juice, toast soft, egg just right, and ended with cornflakes. If I were very sick, he would skip the whole thing except the orange juice and go to Louie's Grill and probably liked it better than my cooking and the Milwaukee Sentinal every morning. O ye days of long ago.
Ron has put kerosene in Daddy's alarm clock [to fix it] - the one that roused me at 6:30 so many days. I would dash in the bathroom and then to the kitchen and get his breakfast. His breakfast was glass of orange juice, toast soft, egg just right, and ended with cornflakes. If I were very sick, he would skip the whole thing except the orange juice and go to Louie's Grill and probably liked it better than my cooking and the Milwaukee Sentinal every morning. O ye days of long ago.
April 3, 2012
Button box
(1993 July)
A nice man, Jim, in a wheelchair, told me he needed shirt buttons sewed on; so I brought my button box - that wooden marvel Etta Clark's father made and she gave to me. He raved over it.
A nice man, Jim, in a wheelchair, told me he needed shirt buttons sewed on; so I brought my button box - that wooden marvel Etta Clark's father made and she gave to me. He raved over it.
April 2, 2012
Amanuensis
(1993 July)
I told you I often wrote for Ron becuse his eyes are bad.... So before lunch he asked me rather primly if I could write this letter - "Won't be long," he promised. ... So - at the close of lunch, Ron said, "See you after dinner?" - "Yes." - "In your room? Won't take long." Ede [who was sitting between us] was staring first at one and then another. "I am his amanuensis," I explained. "WHAT?" she asked with popping eyes. "Yes, I am his stenographer" "Oooo," greatly relieved.
I told you I often wrote for Ron becuse his eyes are bad.... So before lunch he asked me rather primly if I could write this letter - "Won't be long," he promised. ... So - at the close of lunch, Ron said, "See you after dinner?" - "Yes." - "In your room? Won't take long." Ede [who was sitting between us] was staring first at one and then another. "I am his amanuensis," I explained. "WHAT?" she asked with popping eyes. "Yes, I am his stenographer" "Oooo," greatly relieved.
April 1, 2012
Heavy duty
(1993 August, Monday, I think, 8:45 a.m.)
What a morning so far. Outside dark and glum and threatening something dire. Inside nearly as bad. The real underlying idea I feel sure is to get everybody up for breakfast to avoid carrying trays. I heard them call (she probably) "Polly, breakfast is ready." - "I'm not coming. I need sleep." - "You have to come and eat, and sleep later." - No response. So along came a kind but immense woman who says, "Polly, you have to get up for breakfast." I said I needed sleep because people were flashing lights in my eyes all night waking me up. She said, "That was Beverly, and Beverly is one of our best workers. It is required by law to check up on each person every ten minutes while sleeping." - PK: ... "About breakfast - I don't care for a large table bearing a tray full of food, but I would eat a dish of oatmeal only." - "That's what you said. But the government requires us to serve each person with the correct number of calories for each meal." - "Really!" - "Yes, it is so." - By this time I had persuaded her to sit over by my desk with window open 6 inches so I could eat without inhaling her perfume, which at last may have been necessary. About 300 pounds, no kidding.
What a morning so far. Outside dark and glum and threatening something dire. Inside nearly as bad. The real underlying idea I feel sure is to get everybody up for breakfast to avoid carrying trays. I heard them call (she probably) "Polly, breakfast is ready." - "I'm not coming. I need sleep." - "You have to come and eat, and sleep later." - No response. So along came a kind but immense woman who says, "Polly, you have to get up for breakfast." I said I needed sleep because people were flashing lights in my eyes all night waking me up. She said, "That was Beverly, and Beverly is one of our best workers. It is required by law to check up on each person every ten minutes while sleeping." - PK: ... "About breakfast - I don't care for a large table bearing a tray full of food, but I would eat a dish of oatmeal only." - "That's what you said. But the government requires us to serve each person with the correct number of calories for each meal." - "Really!" - "Yes, it is so." - By this time I had persuaded her to sit over by my desk with window open 6 inches so I could eat without inhaling her perfume, which at last may have been necessary. About 300 pounds, no kidding.
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