17 April<\/p>\r\n
Dear Grandpa & Grandma<\/p>\r\n
Muk<\/u>\u2019ka tusan<\/u> tuk<\/u> for your letter and goodies. Jed invested his in some magnetic letters (which are collecting on frig, stove, sink, shower, under beds, in pockets & mouths & empty bottles\u2026) & Joaquin got some bubbles & whatallever. Ours went into the bank where it was certainly appreciated. (We\u2019re still recovering from that washing machine & had to buy tires with the NDEA money this quarter.)<\/p>\r\n
Written in margin next to first line:<\/span> my editr says munga<\/u> tusen<\/u> tuk<\/u><\/p>\r\n We are doing so much, so fast, I am going to just list \u2019em in no order to give you some idea:<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Easter Egg Hunt in the courtyard. First for kids & me, too. Joaquin \u201cfound\u201d one, nice bright delightful colors, very disappointing to find icky ol\u2019 hardboiled egg inside. Jed got two, one of which he\u2019d hid himself\u2026<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Great huge Villager taking incredible amounts of time this month. Peter working on it too. Using up our ton of scrap paper on an article written specially to cover extra ads. Next month will be even more so. (My salary as editor is $10\/month)<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Consuming quantities of Vichysoisse [boil potatoes w\/ leeks \u2013 Nursing a sick goldfish through a particularly vile bout with fungus. Most fascinating study. He\u2019s been rallying greatly after nearly a week at death\u2019s door\u2014borrowed a 10-gallon tank, lots of salt, lots of prayer and Johrei. Really game little goldfish\u2014two of his ribs were bare, & some small intestine, but he\u2019s pulled through & is his own perky & beautiful self, long graceful fins & tail, smart as can be.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Jerky handwriting \u2019cos of Peter typing at the same table.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Peter is taking Phyysics (3rd of 3 qtrs; he got A+ the other two quarters) for bio majors, Projective Geometry, & San Quentin project\u2014he\u2019ll be there for first formally accepted time on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 We lost a battle with the Department of Environmental Control & our house will be sprayed for roaches, also next Tuesday. Fish, birds, snail, plants, and us will be vacating for around 24 hours. And they\u2019re raising our rent as of July 1, to $70. Yucky, as our friends on Sesame Street say. (The TV now works for about 40 minutes at a time\u2014we watch Sesame Street & Mr. Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood about once a week.)<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Got a whole shopping bag ful of scraps & planning to succumb to the temptation to have Jed around while I sew them so he can watch the whatever-it-will-be growing.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Went to a Tupperware party and bought six \u201ctumblers\u201d\u2014feel like my Introduction to Middle America is quite complete, now.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 About to launch a campaign to move the cities\u2014or at least their boundaries\u2014and have Albany Village become a part of Berkeley, instead of Albany. Or at least we hope so. Probably all 980 families in the Village would for once be unanimously for it.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Tomorrow morning (amidst rain & cold) the Village gardens open. Hurray!<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Last weekend we went to Modesto for a most lovely wedding. In a new Catholic Church, built in the round, like a clamshell,\u2014altar, then low stairs, with rings above for closing off w\/curtain, then audience\u2013er, congregation, also w\/possibility of curtaining off in a ring there, too.<\/p>\r\n Each had one attendant, in blue\u2014bride & bridesmaid (her sister) wore identical-style dresses & white daisies. Jed was telling his friends afterwards that \u201dthe princess was talking to me\u201d All were barefoot, flutes & guitars, readings from Khalil Gibran\u2014in a Catholic Church! The refreshments at the reception were: \u2013 Peter\u2019s major is now Math for Teachers (instead of general Math), geometry, number theory, history of mathematics, all just exactly<\/u> his interests. Tra la!<\/p>\r\n \u2013 No word from John. David says he\u2019s (John) in Puyallup. Pyuallup? The Blueberry Capital of the World? What about school? & parole board & all.<\/p>\r\n \u2013 Never did thank you for the inflatable chair. Unwrapping & inflating were the most fun. It gets used as a hat or climbing \u2013 And, quietly, I am going to sleep. Quickly. The end.<\/p>\r\n Love from all<\/p>\r\n Peter, Marcy,<\/p>\r\n Jed, Joaquin,<\/p>\r\n fishy-fish, snail,<\/p>\r\n Chester, & Frederic Douglas<\/p>\r\n Notes:<\/p>\r\n In which Marcy lists assorted things that we\u2019d been up to, including our first Easter egg hunt, and making and eating vichysoisse, and dealing with pet illness. \u201cJoaquin \u2018found\u2019 one, nice bright delightful colors, very disappointing to find icky ol\u2019 hardboiled egg inside. Jed got two, one of which he\u2019d hid himself\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-marcy","category-uc-berkeley"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}xxx<\/strike> & bay leaf in soup stock, (up to 1 hr to develop flavor) blend or put through food mill, add buttermilk, cream, sour cream, yoghurt in any combination to desired thickness, heat, add herbs (basil, herb xxx<\/strike> bouquet, whatever) chopped broccolli or parsley, salt, pepper, lemon juice if you like, serve very hot or very cold.] as everyone (all 4 of us, imagine that!) loves it.<\/p>\r\n![\"Drawing](\"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/1971\/04\/church-201x300.jpg\")
xxx<\/strike> avocado-& sprout hors d\u2019eourves, also peanut butter-honey, mushroom, xxx<\/strike> scallion, etc.; wedding cake xxx<\/strike> looking like a 3-layer-wedding cake, w\/ banana cake & carrot cake inside. All made with honey except icing. And organic apple juice and champagne.<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> device far more often than a chair, but that\u2019s fine\u2026<\/p>\r\n![\"Cartoon](\"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/1971\/04\/pmjj-and-pets-300x198.jpg\")
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