Archive for 1971
In which Peter writes about what he’s been up to—school, Shaklee, etc. “dropped […] the functions of a complex variable course because of not having quite enough prerequisites (I could follow the proofs but not make them up myself… yet)”
A birthday note to George. “a friend says my handwriting is quite pretty—too bad she can’t read it”
In which Marcy lists assorted things that we’d been up to, including our first Easter egg hunt, and making and eating vichysoisse, and dealing with pet illness. “Joaquin ‘found’ one, nice bright delightful colors, very disappointing to find icky ol’ hardboiled egg inside. Jed got two, one of which he’d hid himself…”
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?”
Postcard, en route to Philadelphia. “All’s well, (tho we forgot the cheese.)”
Postcard from Missoula, en route to Philadelphia. “Well, there we were in Missoula, for about 10 minutes.”
A postcard from Wyoming. “Wyoming is very conscious of children.”
In which I see a bear at Yellowstone. “bears are dangerous & they can swat you with their paws”
Letter “from” me to George and Helen, and passing along an earlier postcard that had been from me to Ethel. “Please keep this postcard for me till I get there.”
Marcy describes the trip to Philadelphia and how her mother was doing. “perhaps the most useful thing of all (for the trip, anyway) was leaving all that extraneous junk behind”