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1979, February 2: Letter from Marcy to G&H

Marcy thanks G&H for presents, and muses about the power of prayer and Johrei. “The honey coconut spread was very happy that some kind person had put it in a baggie. Otherwise it would have been very embarrased at the damage its leakage could have done.”

Jed

February 2, 1979
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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1979, February 14: Letter from Marcy to G&H

A general-life-updates note, plus the first time Marcy used the word leukemia in a letter. “Jed also has a weekly math class with an advanced group at another school but some of what I hear about doesn’t sound real advanced.”

Jed

February 28, 1979
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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1979, December-ish?: Letter from Marcy to G&H

A thank-you-and-we’re-super-busy note from Marcy. “Working for Ken (the space peace-keeping project) at $6 an hour, but he wants me to type and it’s sending me up the walls - even on his lovely selectric I’m no typist.”

Jed

December 25, 1979
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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1980, January 7: Letter from Peter to G&H

General life update from Peter. “we now have [a] really nice [housemate]: Ed, who’s an ex-Alaskan ex-helicopter mechanic, now going to massage school & Stanford pre-medical classes”

Jed

January 7, 1980
Filed under: From Peter, Palo Alto
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1980, February 14: Valentine from Jay

A valentine made by Jay, featuring a doily decorated to look like a pig.

Jed

February 14, 1980
Filed under: From Jay, Palo Alto
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1980, Spring: Poem for Jay

Marcy didn’t often write poems. This one, about flying dragon kites, was for my brother. “My heart longs for the green hills[…]”

Jed

April 1, 1980
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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1980, May 11: Collage from Peter

Appears to be a Mother’s Day card/collage made by Peter, for Helen.

Jed

May 11, 1980
Filed under: From Peter, Palo Alto
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1980, July 19: Letter from Marcy to G&H

General updates from Marcy: missing Peter (who was away at a math class); seeing friends; notes about the flowers and birds; finding out we didn’t have to move; summer school; swimming lessons; more. “I’m beginning to learn to breathe.”

Jed

July 19, 1980
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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1980, August 4: Letter from Helen to Marcy

Helen writes to Marcy, about three months before Marcy’s death, suggesting a plethora of activities, treatments, etc. “How happy we are that your blessed minister insisted on your eating, M.”

Jed

August 4, 1980
Filed under: From Helen, Palo Alto
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1980, September 22: Card from Marcy to G&H

A brief postcard about Jay’s baseball photos.

Jed

September 22, 1980
Filed under: From Marcy, Palo Alto
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