1970, August or so: Letter from Peter to Dobe and David
Peter tells his brothers what we’ve been up to in Berkeley. “o wow--we’ve finished moving! our incredible! accumulation! of household furnishings, ‘etc.’ (o so much ‘etc.’…)”
Archive for From Peter
1970, August 25: Letters from Marcy and Peter to G&H
In which Marcy gives general life updates, and Peter waxes enthusiastic about a wine-shop.
“[Jed is] now able to handle being all sorts of imaginary persons[…]”
1970, November 8: Letter from Peter to G&H
In which Peter quotes poetry from his physics textbook, and alludes to some kind of conflict with George and Helen. “Human beings […] do not like to have their settled opinions changed by a newcomer who proves he is right. Far from being pleased at being shown something new, they are angry to find their beliefs upset, particularly if those beliefs have been firmly established in childhood —— their sense of security is assailed.”
1971, mid-February: Letter from Peter to G&H
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)”
1971, November 2: Letter from Peter to G&H
In which Peter asks his parents to read Pursuit of Loneliness (as a birthday present to Peter), asks his parents to join a pyramid scheme, and describes a psi experiment that he’s planning. “you’d stand to realize, if the chain remained unbroken, […] the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.”
1972, fall-ish: List of Awareness House names
Peter’s list of his suggestions for names for “the house where i work.” (Where he was working as a drug abuse counselor.) Examples: “the polyphase transformer”; “the hyperbolic paraboloid”; “alter-nation.”
1972, September 7: Compound-interest calculations from Peter
Peter demonstrates how compound interest works, in great detail.
1972, October 24: Letter from Marcy and Peter to G&H
Peter and Marcy take baths; we watch the World Series on TV; Peter has to have an emergency tooth extraction; updates on Peter’s job; discussions of teaching; and more. “Picture us, Sunday afternoon, eyes fixed on the screen of our——would-you-believe?——Color TV, eating tortillas & beans, blissfully watching the World Series, cheering for Catfish and his hairy teammates, trying to be patient with Jed, who asked incessantly, ‘Is it over now?’ and ‘Will you tell me when one team wins?’”
1973, January 4: Letter from Peter to G&H
Peter describes the amounts of money that we owed to various organizations and people. “we have not forgotten our obligation to you, but they’ve turned off the water and, and, and…”
1973, January 15: Letter from Peter and Marcy to G&H
Peter and Marcy attempt to reassure George that their financial situation isn’t so bad after all. “Please bear in mind that Peter’s original estimate was somewhat on the negative side because he was very depressed & worried about that late paycheck, & also because I do most of the keeping track of funds & he wasn’t aware of what had already been paid.”