1974, September 6: Kid art from Jay
More kid art by Jay, with description. This time: ducks, trucks, and dolphins.
Archive for 1974
1974, September 28: Letter from Marcy to G&H
A thank-you note and general life update from Marcy. “Peter just gave me a haircut—looks good but it’s a little too short—’Quin got one, too, but Jed is still a longhair.”
1974, November 18: Letter from Marcy to G&H
A letter from Marcy during a trip (with me and Jay) to see Marcy’s mother in Philadelphia. “Vacations sure are nice—nice when they’re over, too.”
1974, November(?): Note from Jay to G&H
A note from Jay by way of Marcy. “The people that ‘gave’ me my new shoes gave me a balloon, and it never popped, but once it did.”
1974, November 26: Letter from Peter to G&H
A general life update from Peter, plus some poems written by Meishu-sama. “Events proceed here at their usual dizzing pace (that was supposed to be dizzying—anyway, things are whizzing)”
Date unknown: “mobile/collage”
A construction-paper collage that I made sometime between 1973 and 1977, titled “Day & Night.”
1974, December 6: Letter from Peter to G&H
In which two foster kids leave, and we are suddenly in desperate need of money again, so we prepare to move. “We'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.”