In this letter, among other things, Peter describes a visit to his brothers David and Dobe (known at the time as John). The description of that visit will make more sense if you know that David and Dobe were in prison at the time, on drug charges, at FCI (Federal Correctional Institution) Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, about 2\/3 of the way from Oakland to Los Angeles.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n5419 Foothill Blvd.<\/p>\r\n
Oakland, Cal 94601<\/p>\r\n
20 March 1969<\/p>\r\n
Dear Parents--<\/p>\r\n
Hope the bread came through for your birthday, Dad--it was frozen for 24 hrs. after baking, and then mailed Fri. afternoon, so it should have tasted still fresh\u2026 we had also wanted to mail you a dyed-green & painted plaster-cast of Jed's hands, but the plaster set faster than Marcy had reckoned, so it was not a clear impression\u2026 we'll get another one made\u2026 Anyway, H\u00a0A\u00a0P\u00a0P\u00a0Y B\u00a0I\u00a0R\u00a0TH\u00a0D\u00a0A\u00a0Y\u00a0!<\/p>\r\n
If you liked the bread, it was because of the fantastically good leftovers here--there was that morning's leftover oatmeal in it, and leftover rice, and leftover miso-soup (miso is fermented & malted soybean paste), plus whole-wheat flour, rice flour, soya flour, yeast, wheat-bran, wheat-germ, brewer's yeast, molasses, and honey\u2026 and of course the vital ingredient, love\u2026 Marcy has baked more bread than I have, but I'm getting into it\u2026<\/p>\r\n
No, we didn't receive the Valentine package--it's probably sitting in Modesto awaiting remailing\u2026 we'll be looking forwardxx<\/strike> to it\u2026<\/p>\r\n
We went down to Santa Barbara over the weekend, to visit our brothers\u2026 From S. B., we hitch-hiked there and back Saturday, there and back Sunday, and back to S. F. Monday-Tuesday, for a total of about 800 miles\u2026 (Jedediah is truly a beautiful travelling companion, he's exceptionally calm and measured for an Aries child--he's very happy and has a very long attention span--he's walking all over, saying \"bye-bye\", and climbing stairs nowadays\u2026)\u2026 brothers are in pretty good shape\u2026 they're studying & working, Dave is writing poetry, John is writing some short stories\u2026 they go before the parole board next month to determine the next board date\u2026 we channelled Johrei to them, which should help to xxx<\/strike> dispell some spiritual clouds\u2026<\/p>\r\n
I've written an I. B. M. executive, a friend of ours, about getting a recommendation, so will probably be applying for a job with I. B. M. next week (also have been studying FORTRAN book to pass tests\u2026)<\/p>\r\n
Rec'd a nice letter from P.&L., the plan to purchase a duplex sounded really good\u2026 well, as Jed says, baa-baa\u2026 love, handwritten<\/span> peter, marcy, jed<\/p>\r\nhandwritten<\/span> p.s. marcy\u2019s sewing a pillowcase for the pillow you gave us, and also making a rag-doll, for jed\u2019s birthday\u2026<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nI think that the mention of FORTRAN here is the earliest indication I\u2019ve seen of Peter having any contact with computers.<\/p>\r\n
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