Browsing the blog archives for December, 2010
Fri morning 10:45 pm I’m directly in the midst of work. Imagine Mother was doing some work on the old literature at the church and she couldn’t get any ladies to help her so she roped “darling daughter” in to the rescue. I’ve been working, lifting heavy books + pounding the type, for nearly 2 […]
Thursday ~ Dear Fred – So busy, So busy, and full of water ~ and empty. I’m so horribly terribly hungry – and peaches, milk, soft boiled eggs and toast, nearly 2 weeks now. 10 1/2 lbs in 2 weeks isn’t bad, is it? I don’t notice that I look any different, tho’. I tip […]
Port Arthur, Tex My Darling Florence; How goes the world by now, little girl? Is your head still in a whirl and full of H2O. I wish I could swim like that. You know I am not a very good swimmer. But someday I am going to learn and be a good one. I can […]
Port Arthur, Tex Aug 20, 1923 My Darling Florence; The 12 hrs day has gone forever, I think. I am through with it. now I work at night. 11 to 7. Isn’t that awful to work at such unaccustomed hours. But such is life and so we will have to let it go at that. […]
Saturday nite 9 pm Mon Ami – For 3 long days I have neither heard from you nor written. The former – well?? the latter – ??? pardon me! I’ve been laid up again- Yes, really. Yesterday and in fact for the past week I’ve been just “gone.” Ever since I got home – but […]
Wed nite 11 p.m. Dearest, dearest Fred – It’s late. The clock has just struck 11. I’ve just gotten home from a picture-show “Enemies of Women”. It was terribly boring. And all the time I thought – you were working- working and waiting for the time to pass til you can come back to me. […]
Port Arthur Aug 14, 1923 My Darling Florence; How goes the world, back in the city. I’ll bet you were sure glad to get back, wasn’t you? Believe me I sure will be glad to get back. Just think, this week and four more and I can see my Dearest of all. Oh Florence, how […]
Port Arthur, Tex Aug 12, 1923 My Dearest Florence; This is the first letter this week, is it not? I ought to be ashamed and I really am, but you see it was this way. I have been working 12 hrs a day this week and I go to work at 11 am and work […]
July 2 – “The Exciters” with myself July 3 – Sis bobbed her hair. Mac, C.B., Jessamine, Ruth came over. Went swimming to S.E. Jr pool. Mac and Doc came home with us and we had a 10 o’clock lunch. Grand time. July 4 – Planned on going canoeing to San Jacinto Battlegrounds, home lunch, […]
EVENTS – Con’t June 12 – Bridge luncheon at Dorothy Ethel Seaman’s for Carriebelle Heavin. Had glorious time and good eats. Date with “Doc” He dropped in to see how the patient’s sunburn was June 14 – A day of part rest – town with Mama, Jessamine, Ruth, Lewis, Dot at nite June 15 – […]
