{"id":19521,"date":"2022-09-27T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T02:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/?p=19521"},"modified":"2023-08-13T23:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:38:44","slug":"family-letters-november-1974-september-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2022\/09\/27\/family-letters-november-1974-september-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Family letters: November 1974\u2013September 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>And now I\u2019ve fallen even further behind in posting links to family-history letters. Here\u2019s a catchup post through the end of 1975; I\u2019ll do another one for 1976-so-far.<\/p>\r\n<p>Things included below: Some art, assorted life updates, a major change to the foster home, two more moves, and the first letter written by Jay.<\/p>\r\n<p>Specifically:<\/p>\r\n<dl>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1974\/11\/26\/1974-november-26-letter-from-peter-to-gh\/\">November 26, 1974<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A general life update from Peter, plus some poems written by Meishu-sama.<\/dd>\r\n  <dd>\u201cEvents proceed here at their usual dizzing pace (that was supposed to be dizzying\u2014anyway, things are whizzing)\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1974\/11\/30\/date-unknown-mobile-collage\/\">Date unknown<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A construction-paper collage that I made sometime between 1973 and 1977, titled \u201cDay & Night.\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1974\/12\/06\/1974-december-6-letter-from-peter-to-gh\/\">December 6, 1974<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>In which two foster kids leave, and we are suddenly in desperate need of money again, so we prepare to move.<\/dd>\r\n  <dd>\u201cWe're thinking very seriously about going in with about 8 other people to buy a 100-acre ranch in Mendocino county, we'd get 10 or 12 kids at $800-$1000 per each per month, and set up a survival community, schoolhouse, etc.\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/01\/15\/1975-january-15-letter-from-marcy-to-gh\/\">January 15, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>A placeholder note to let George and Helen know we haven\u2019t forgotten them.<\/dd>\r\n  <dd>\u201cthe germs & the realtors have a conspiracy to keep us from mailing our New Years Presents (we already gave up on Christmas) till Easter\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/01\/23\/1975-january-23-letter-from-peter-and-marcy-to-gh\/\">January 23, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Another thank-you-plus-life-updates letter, in which we\u2019re preparing to sell the house and move on to the next adventure.<\/dd>\r\n  <dd>\u201cWe are very sorry to be so unconscionably late in sending our gifts to you\u2014especially since we had finished making them by 12\/20 or so, but have been as busy as a gaggle of whirligigs, mostly running around in circles...\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/03\/07\/1975-march-7-letter-from-marcy-to-gh\/\">March 7, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>In which the kids get German measles and (unrelatedly) the parents sell the house.<\/dd>\r\n  <dd>\u201cHe made a lovely potato head yesterday, all by himself, then gave it to Peter to eat for breakfast.\u201d<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/03\/10\/1975-march-10-letter-from-jay-to-gh\/\">March 10, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>The first letter in Jay\u2019s handwriting!<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/07\/29\/1975-july-29-letter-from-jay-to-gh\/\">July 29, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Jay lets George and Helen know that he has made up some recipes, though he doesn\u2019t include those recipes in the letter.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/08\/12\/1975-august-12-letter-from-marcy-to-gh\/\">August 12, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>Marcy congratulates George and Helen on their new (beach?) house, and catches them up on some bits of news.<\/dd>\r\n  <dt><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/1975\/09\/15\/1975-september-15-letter-from-marcy-to-gh\/\">September 15, 1975<\/a><\/dt>\r\n  <dd>In which we move again, and our dog gets 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