May 9, 2012

Yes, no bananas

(1993 November)
The woman across from me is a fast eater.  On my right, Agnes Everson loves bananas and often is served half a one.  By this time she knows I don't like them.  One day she would not quit but kept asking, "How do they affect you?"  At last I said, "They make me want to throw up."  She was very shocked and now wraps the skin in her paper napkin.

May 8, 2012

Aggiornamento

(1993 November)
I sat in a circle and batted a balloon to teacher in center.  That was broken up as room was needed for something else.  It was a Catholic Service.  The priest passed me by with the Host.  Well, well - wonder what Christ thot about that.  A pretty girl, slim with dark flowing tresses, is paid by R C church and also is very particular about who gets the Body & Blood.  It was getting a little dull anyway.

May 7, 2012

Bugged begonia

(1993 November)
My cleaning lady saw some bugs on my begonia, and she shrieked, "O!  You can't have this any more."  And took it off.  Does she have the right to do this?  I'm going to tell her she has to doctor it up and return it, and see how she responds.

May 6, 2012

richest man

(1993 November)
In the lobby I was playing checkers with a man who told me the richest man in the world lives on the third floor.  I have forgotten the name.  He must have lots of mail.

May 5, 2012

Kitchen picture

(1993 November)
Somewhere I tried to draw a picture of my grandmother's kitchen.  Jan brot me materials, and if it is still around, I'll put it in, and with your imagination you can finish it off.  [Not found.]

May 4, 2012

Grandma Parsons

(1993 November)
I have so many Thanksgivings to remember.  The Fond du Lac relatives.  Aunt Lois stuffed the fowl and got it on the table etc. - then we sat after a brief blessing, and could hardly eat the good pie.  Then Grandma Parsons [d. 1923] and I washed up.  When the dishwater was thrown out, and we passed thru the dining room to join the others, here on the dining room table was a stack of scraped, dirty plates and cups and saucers, stacked with silver in a pile.  I said, "Well, I thot there were very few dishes," and she said,"Doll, I thot there was a whole lot!"  So we brot them all in the kitchen and started over.

May 3, 2012

Sweet talk

(1993 November)
Not much here.  Yesterday a group of us - Jim was the only man - went in a room to read [aloud] and one chair was lacking.  Jim said, "Never mind.  I can take Polly on my lap."  It's things like this that keep us young, eh Sher?