1977, February 22: Letter from Jed to G&H
A brief thank-you note from Jed for some birthday presents. (My first letter written in cursive!)
1977, March 22: Letter from Peter and Marcy to G&H
Notes from Peter and Marcy in anticipation of George and Helen coming to visit. And possibly the first recorded indication of Marcy’s illness, though I’m not sure of that.
1977, May 13: Letter from Marcy and Peter to G&H
Marcy and Peter send thank-yous and life updates—thoughts about a local cat lady, a raw-food diet, jobs, and more. “In preparation [for a job search], I trimmed the beard last night—the scissors slipped, it’s one-thousandth of an inch long now.”
1977, June: Letter from Peter to G&H
Peter is excited about a couple of job-like prospects. “I don't think you heard about Mr. Duran, a millionaire in Los Angeles that Marcy & I talked with about a job—and HE’S GETTING ME ONE! (Really!)”
1977, August 10: Letter from Marcy to G&H
Marcy talks about various trips and plans and life updates. “But today we got up too early for [a kid who was visiting] & he was tired, and ’Quin fell off an airplane wing (an old Navy fighter, painted blue and sealed and set in a huge sandpit and made safe for kid climbers) and I had to sit and judge the relative merits of their respective grouchinesses.”
1977, August 12: Letter from Marcy to G&H
Addendum to the previous letter, thanking George and Helen for gifts and mentioning that a couple of friends got married.
1977, August 15: Note from Marcy to G&H
Postcard from Marcy talking briefly about Peter’s job hunt.
1977, December 23: Letters from Peter and Marcy to G&H
Peter has a new job; Marcy sends a life update. “Travel is very close to my heart, but I’ve never been able to do so in style & comfort, like a turtle.”
1978, February 23: Letter from Marcy to G&H
A note from Marcy after a visit from George and Helen. “This is a bread-and-butter note back to you - to say thanks for coming & for all your good nesses, and for these notes, and welcome home!”
1978, May 31: Letter from Marcy to G&H et al
Marcy writes on a bunch of different topics, including how Jay and Jed are doing, car troubles, considering moving, Proposition 13, Peter’s job, Marcy’s illness, the impending birth of a cousin, and more. “this morning I noticed that the world was kind of polluted, so I cleaned it up and polished it, and now it goes around quite merrily. I put a special shine on Alaska for you, and wiped the international date lihe particularly well. I had always thought God made the world, and was a little surprised to find it said Rand McNally down in the Pacific Ocean.”