Archive for Letter-writers
Assorted life updates, including thoughts about me and stuffed animals. “sometimes [your presents] sit around for a year or even more before their true worth is appreciated.”
In which “It was very nice of you to send” various items.
Birthday letter to George. “my goodness, you Hartmans can be wierd, sometimes.”
Marcy tells George and Helen about Peter’s suddenly dire academic situation, and I tell them about my Play-Doh coin press. “I have a play-doh game. It’s about the play-doh getting squeezed out and it will make a king and a queen.”
In which balloon stationery makes me think of The Red Balloon.
In which everyone is very busy in the run-up to Peter’s graduation from Berkeley. “ARGH. So much is happening.”
A postcard that just has my name written on it.
A thank-you note, some status updates, and some discussion of the difficulty of growing cactuses and other plants.
Peter’s list of his suggestions for names for “the house where i work.” (Where he was working as a drug abuse counselor.) Examples: “the polyphase transformer”; “the hyperbolic paraboloid”; “alter-nation.”
A thank-you note and general life update, featuring news about a potential job, the car, and some washcloths, among other things. “it finally took the BIG STEP and threw a rod. Got us home from S.F. (quick trip to the Ocean to celebrate Labor Day)—which a mechanic friend says isn’t hardly possible.”