(1994 October)
I had a short talk with the Head of this place [the Schmidt home] - asked her if she would like any furnishings of the home on Grove Street I was leaving. She said no, not unless I wished to bring pictures to hang on the wall to remind me of home. I may just skip it. One spends a lifetime to get these things, only to wonder what to do with them when death is near.
April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009
Bread bag
(1951 September 21)
I set a hot pan on plastic bread bag and today bought more plastic for another bag at Peases - pink with big fruits - all made and holding the bread this minute! Applaud!
I set a hot pan on plastic bread bag and today bought more plastic for another bag at Peases - pink with big fruits - all made and holding the bread this minute! Applaud!
April 27, 2009
Flash flood
(1951 July 25)
[There was a flash flood in Richland Center.] It is almost unbelievable how quickly the waters rose and how quickly they receded. Saturday afternoon LL just had to go to the office to meet a man, and when the man had gone and LL tried to get home, he found the water was up over both bridges, and there he was stuck over in town! About 3 WRCO went off the air after telling us to boil our water, etc. And BQ picked that day to decide to deliver my groceries after lunch. Ah me, I had a few grave moments when I drew water and boiled it and thought how I could live by getting eggs from NN [down the road] and picking a few berries to go with the eggs. Not a piece of bread in the house, but muffin makings. Now and then LL would call. Decided to spend the night in the office, but I called ZZ and she said, "Come ahead" [he could stay with them].
But later the flood hit its crest at 5, and by 6 LL got the groceries all but meat and ice cream (which BQ brought at 10:30 p.m.) and made it home [a roundabout way] over Paul's Hill and back by [US highway] 80. We were all so tickled!
But typhoid shots are being given at Soldiers Grove and Viola & Boaz. The people are so downhearted; many have lost everything they had. Red + is helping. I got together a box of bedding and clothes this noon and may find more tomorrow. Of course you know the Footbridge floated away. And no electricity. Men worked day and night making a new levee.
[There was a flash flood in Richland Center.] It is almost unbelievable how quickly the waters rose and how quickly they receded. Saturday afternoon LL just had to go to the office to meet a man, and when the man had gone and LL tried to get home, he found the water was up over both bridges, and there he was stuck over in town! About 3 WRCO went off the air after telling us to boil our water, etc. And BQ picked that day to decide to deliver my groceries after lunch. Ah me, I had a few grave moments when I drew water and boiled it and thought how I could live by getting eggs from NN [down the road] and picking a few berries to go with the eggs. Not a piece of bread in the house, but muffin makings. Now and then LL would call. Decided to spend the night in the office, but I called ZZ and she said, "Come ahead" [he could stay with them].
But later the flood hit its crest at 5, and by 6 LL got the groceries all but meat and ice cream (which BQ brought at 10:30 p.m.) and made it home [a roundabout way] over Paul's Hill and back by [US highway] 80. We were all so tickled!
But typhoid shots are being given at Soldiers Grove and Viola & Boaz. The people are so downhearted; many have lost everything they had. Red + is helping. I got together a box of bedding and clothes this noon and may find more tomorrow. Of course you know the Footbridge floated away. And no electricity. Men worked day and night making a new levee.
April 26, 2009
Watch your step!
(1994 Thanksgiving)
Years ago in Richland Center [a mother] was on her way to church for a supper and put her pies on the floor [of the car] and the kids on the seat. [Her little girl] put one foot in the pumpkin pie and the other in the mince, I think the story went. Of course years ago.
Years ago in Richland Center [a mother] was on her way to church for a supper and put her pies on the floor [of the car] and the kids on the seat. [Her little girl] put one foot in the pumpkin pie and the other in the mince, I think the story went. Of course years ago.
A Martha/Mary complex
(1952 August 14)
You see I am alone so much of the time I find it impossible to concentrate when others are present visiting. I wish this were not true, but it is a habit I unconsciously have formed by waiting until the house was quiet and the gang gone before I dug into anything important. I guess you will just have to baby me and wait on me until I get off [on a vacation] - if I ever do.
You see I am alone so much of the time I find it impossible to concentrate when others are present visiting. I wish this were not true, but it is a habit I unconsciously have formed by waiting until the house was quiet and the gang gone before I dug into anything important. I guess you will just have to baby me and wait on me until I get off [on a vacation] - if I ever do.
April 24, 2009
Darn it!
(1951 November 13)
You know I almost never have time to write a letter for myself, or sew on a button or do a thing for myself - just you and Maggie and Daddy and the house (and of course those cats). And so you would think that all of you would get more attention, but those hours roll by and then I am getting another meal again. But just keep on mentioning your needs and I will do what I can for you. Do think seriously about marrying some nice girl who is fond of darning. She could spend hour after hour on all the little holes and have a wholesome time. Wasn't that fierce?
You know I almost never have time to write a letter for myself, or sew on a button or do a thing for myself - just you and Maggie and Daddy and the house (and of course those cats). And so you would think that all of you would get more attention, but those hours roll by and then I am getting another meal again. But just keep on mentioning your needs and I will do what I can for you. Do think seriously about marrying some nice girl who is fond of darning. She could spend hour after hour on all the little holes and have a wholesome time. Wasn't that fierce?
April 23, 2009
Reality check
(1951 October 4)
When I first moved here [in 1938] I felt perfectly terrible for about six months, always kept thinking what a good place I left behind, etc. Finally I went back and was genuinely shocked to find how I had overrated it in my imagination and how small the yard really was, etc.
When I first moved here [in 1938] I felt perfectly terrible for about six months, always kept thinking what a good place I left behind, etc. Finally I went back and was genuinely shocked to find how I had overrated it in my imagination and how small the yard really was, etc.
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