(1980 memoirs)
So Lorin studied and I taught school and at last we were married. I never wanted to do one thing in my life except to be where he was and share in his life, and now that I am alone again, the time is so dull and so long.
January 21, 2013
January 18, 2013
Five years too long
(1980 Memoirs )
Imagine if you can the tears and parting, the letters back and forth, the presents, the few visits, the planning, the heart breaking misunderstandings -- five years is too long. But you see, at that time [late 1920s] a man didn't marry unless he could support his wife and maintain a home and provide for his children. And it takes a long spell for a lawyer to go thru school and be good enough to hang out his shingle.
Imagine if you can the tears and parting, the letters back and forth, the presents, the few visits, the planning, the heart breaking misunderstandings -- five years is too long. But you see, at that time [late 1920s] a man didn't marry unless he could support his wife and maintain a home and provide for his children. And it takes a long spell for a lawyer to go thru school and be good enough to hang out his shingle.
January 17, 2013
Engagement
(1980 memoirs)
Lorin and I had just had a couple of dates that fall, gone to a Hallowe'en movie, came home and were sitting on that very sofa I described, when he asked me to marry him. I liked him so much I said yes and we were engaged and got acquainted later. This was the first night of a five year engagement, unheard of to-day.
Lorin and I had just had a couple of dates that fall, gone to a Hallowe'en movie, came home and were sitting on that very sofa I described, when he asked me to marry him. I liked him so much I said yes and we were engaged and got acquainted later. This was the first night of a five year engagement, unheard of to-day.
January 16, 2013
What Lorin thought
(1980 memoirs)
Looking back on it all, I try to think what Lorin thought about Frankie, about her house and all -- And I have an idea he was really enchanted. When you know he loved A Kiss for Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dorfs (that's the way Skip said it) you can guess what he thot of when stepped in the door. Charming, whimsical, amusing, a seeker of truth and of love, he cared about me.
Looking back on it all, I try to think what Lorin thought about Frankie, about her house and all -- And I have an idea he was really enchanted. When you know he loved A Kiss for Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and the Seven Dorfs (that's the way Skip said it) you can guess what he thot of when stepped in the door. Charming, whimsical, amusing, a seeker of truth and of love, he cared about me.
January 13, 2013
Mormans
(1980 memoirs)
Now for the last wall [of Frankie's living room], opposite the organ. Here was the built-in bookcase, and next to it near the couch hung the striking clock. The bookcase held very few books, some dreary ones of religious tracts; and the one most frequently taken down was the one about the Mormons, about which she often discoursed; it reveals their wickedness. The leaders often went out at night and murdered the men who were against them and buried them too; so no one ever knew what had become of them! And then they had so many wives and of course children. This single conduct would set dear cousin Frankie all a quiver with righteous wrath and her glasses all a tremble on her pious nose. Dear dear cousin, I am glad you never knew how wicked the world really is. It would break your heart.
Now for the last wall [of Frankie's living room], opposite the organ. Here was the built-in bookcase, and next to it near the couch hung the striking clock. The bookcase held very few books, some dreary ones of religious tracts; and the one most frequently taken down was the one about the Mormons, about which she often discoursed; it reveals their wickedness. The leaders often went out at night and murdered the men who were against them and buried them too; so no one ever knew what had become of them! And then they had so many wives and of course children. This single conduct would set dear cousin Frankie all a quiver with righteous wrath and her glasses all a tremble on her pious nose. Dear dear cousin, I am glad you never knew how wicked the world really is. It would break your heart.
January 12, 2013
Coal stove
(1980 memoirs)
In this part of the [Clapp] living room was a four-sided coal stove, and we loved to see the fire thru the isenglass. Every night Frankie hoisted up a hod of hard coal and poured it in the top, adjusting the drafts. In the morning, drafts were opened, ashes poked down, heat enjoyed. Not once did she ever let me do one thing about the stove; I neither brought in the coal nor took the ashes out. I did offer at first, but was turned down. Once Lorin took the bucket of coal from her and poured it in the top, and she was quite surprised that he could do it well. Oh, that stove! Old fashioned and out of style, but how glowing it stood with the nickle trim gleaming and the black outlining its true shape.
In this part of the [Clapp] living room was a four-sided coal stove, and we loved to see the fire thru the isenglass. Every night Frankie hoisted up a hod of hard coal and poured it in the top, adjusting the drafts. In the morning, drafts were opened, ashes poked down, heat enjoyed. Not once did she ever let me do one thing about the stove; I neither brought in the coal nor took the ashes out. I did offer at first, but was turned down. Once Lorin took the bucket of coal from her and poured it in the top, and she was quite surprised that he could do it well. Oh, that stove! Old fashioned and out of style, but how glowing it stood with the nickle trim gleaming and the black outlining its true shape.
January 11, 2013
To read & doze
(1980 memoirs)
Here [on Frankie's couch] she would sit to read because the light was good until sleep overcame her, afternoon or evening, and then she would doze off covered with a shawl, mouth open, not a pretty sight, no - but rather amusing and endearing.
Here [on Frankie's couch] she would sit to read because the light was good until sleep overcame her, afternoon or evening, and then she would doze off covered with a shawl, mouth open, not a pretty sight, no - but rather amusing and endearing.
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