January 5, 1970 (Monday 8 a.m.) So, today is my birthday . . . . and a cold snowy morning it is. What a somber person I have been over the holidays. Winter is such a restricting time of the year at any time. But this year is especially quiet for me. Not since I … Continue reading 5 January 1970 →

January 4 1970 (Sunday, 10: 30 a. m. ) La de dah . . . It is very cold out today, with snow all over the place. A few minutes ago, the sun began to shine through the windows . . . always a welcome sight during the winter months. Icicles are trimming the edge … Continue reading 4 January 1970 →

23 September 1959 I must write. I must get this unhappiness out of my heart! I’m so blue and depressed I can hardly stand it. I want to scream. I want to weep. If I can’t rid myself of this despondency I shall go mad. What’s the cause of it? FRUSTRATION!!! Just plain old-fashioned frustration. … Continue reading 23 September 1959 →

6 June 1958 The laughs of my recuperation: 1) Nancy’s remark on this situation. I’d ask Kurt to sit on the toilet seat and keep my company in the bathroom while I too my sitz bath. The bathroom, with a tubful of hot water got rather steamy and hot. So Kurt would peel of his … Continue reading 6 June 1958 →

8 June 1958 Pursue your version of the Cinderella story, as you first told it to Nancy when she was a little girl. Theme: So, since when was Cinderella so badly off. She learned how to cook, and sew, and clean. The animals loved her. And . . . who finally got the prince – … Continue reading 8 June 1958 →

7 June 1958 One lays around during a deal like I have been going through and has plenty of time to evaluate and think, think and evaluate. I guess that’s what Rev. Nichols meant in New York when I was ill. I was too confused at that time to understand what he meant. I couldn’t … Continue reading 7 June 1958 →

5 June 1958 I have developed a plan – and I hope it works out. Learn all you can – but I mean really study and learn what is in Blanche’s material. Approach Blanche on the proposition of learning more at her office. Bone up on geography, metric measurements – everything connected with exporting. Treat … Continue reading 5 June 1958 →

4 June 1958 Now, as I begin to feel better at times, with some desire to read during the long hours at home alone, I have turned to Blanche’s book on exporting. As she says, it is a noncontroversial subject. Generally, I get so steamed up about general subjects of life in general, the factual … Continue reading 4 June 1958 →

2 June 1958 Problems are so universal and the common denominator of human social problems all too frequently rests on the intricate chianceries [sic] of the human animal. Nancy said, when she went to the newly dedicated Museum of Natural History, there was a large full-length mirror in the lobby. Under the mirror was a … Continue reading 2 June 1958 →

1 June 1958 May life bless you and give you an understanding heart. Jean Zachmann The above, at this point, seems the best wishes I could wish for anyone I love. It encompasses people, but also nature, natural phenomena, all the best truths of literature, music, science, art, evolution, all the culmination to the point … Continue reading 1 June 1958 →