Family letters: mid-1971

This week in my family history project: A letter and two postcards from mid-1971. The letter is a Mother’s Day thank-you letter; the postcards were from a trip to see Marcy’s mother in Philadelphia.

mid-May, 1971
A Mother’s-Day thank you, a couple of poems, and an update on Jay’s weaning status. “How can a respectful former-almost-English-major do such a wicked thing?”
July 28, 1971
Postcard, en route to Philadelphia. “All’s well, (tho we forgot the cheese.)”
July 31, 1971
Postcard from Missoula, en route to Philadelphia. “Well, there we were in Missoula, for about 10 minutes.”

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