Three-page handwritten letter on three-hole-punch lined paper.<\/p>\r\n
On the envelope, the address section starts out \u201cto George V. Hartman on the occasion of his birthday\u201d<\/p>\r\n
\r\nmy goodness, you Hartmans can be wierd, sometimes. Take your son, f\u2019rinstance. He goes on an ecstatic
xxx<\/strike> dance, sometime last month, Look<\/u> What I Found For My Father\u2019s Birthday, wow, jump up & down, send for the medal, small apoplexy when they finally (last week) send receipt saying \u201cthe medal will be sent to us\u201d instead of to you as per his very<\/u> careful directions, then send you the \u201cprospectus\u201d (=ad) for it, no mention even that it\u2019s been ordered for you, let alone that it\u2019s going to take 4 weeks\u2026<\/p>\r\nI kind of think it a bit wierd for a company to make<\/u> something and proclaim it to be a collectors item, but then that\u2019s what the post office does all the time. I always wonder, tho, what about its intrinisic<\/u> value? How about saving stamps because they\u2019re pretty<\/u>, or that medal for its workmanship & symbolism, personal or otherwise, instead of stressssing that some day it\u2019ll be a Collectors\u2019 Item??? I guess in this case that\u2019s only a secondary point, but
xxx<\/strike> it just struck me that I\u2019ve seen that point made in advertising quite a bit.<\/p>\r\nDave writes (amazing in itself) from his new home that he?\/you\/they?\/we? will be around sometime in the last week of march. Hopefully in both directions. So let me tell you some of what we\u2019re planning\u2014<\/p>\r\n
Friday night the 24th will be a Johrei meeting our house\u2014a great honor, the minister from the L.A. Church will be here, really an exciting time. we wish you could be here on that day (evening) in particular. Sunday we\u2019ll probably have Jed\u2019s Birthday Party, outside (I hope I hope) for all (25, maybe) the courtyard kids & a few more. How many? many, many, many\u2026 we\u2019ll have cupcakes & feature Ice Cream made on the spot. Then I may have to do some more for a Nursery School party on the day<\/u> of it (Tuesday) tho I hope not. Nursery School is 9\u201411:30, & I have to work there Friday mornings. That whole week is registration, enrollment, etc, so perhaps Peter won\u2019t be too<\/u> busy.<\/p>\r\n
But I\u2019m being very active in the local election campaign, which
x<\/strike> will be elected on 11 April<\/u>. So I\u2019ll be a little busy, but then if you weren\u2019t coming at that time it\u2019d be the long lost Emperor of Mars dropping by for tea on the day before the election and he only takes tea from purple paper-mach\u00e9 cups, have to be hand-made the day before, and will only visit houses where all the walls are green and there are nine meetings you have to go to to get ready for him, which is how it is generally around here, so please don\u2019t think will be even a little<\/u> too busy to be delighted to see you whenever you come.<\/p>\r\nOkay? okay.<\/p>\r\n
we love you<\/p>\r\n
last week Joaquin decided he wanted to go to \u201cGranpa house\u2014Koma\" (Tacoma, wassa matta, you don\u2019t unnerstan English) & discussed it at length (in those identical 3 words) for hours & hours<\/p>\r\n
So. Happy Birthday<\/p>\r\n
P, M, J & J<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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