Back To My Roots

Postcard, dated August 4th, 1961, Jacksonville VT. Front is a photo of Commons, a building on the campus of Bennington College, my alma mater.

I'll do my best to read the handwriting:

Dear Edna,

I was so pleased to hear from Louise that you expect to go abroad this fall. Hope I'll be able to see you before you leave. I've been lively this summer - two weeks in ?? ??? and now three weeks in Vermont with good friends. (Editor: this next sentence looks like complete gibberish to me) Have dressed a lot of bob wear for bable days (????????????) The cottage where I'm staying overlooks a little lake.

Love,
Grace T

Found in "Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka" published by The Modern Library, 1952.

JC offers: "missed a lot of hot uncomfortable days" Looks good to me.

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13 comments:

  1. jcJune 16, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    I think it's 'Have missed a lot of uncomfortable days'

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  2. jcJune 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    I mean "missed a lot of hot uncomfortable days"

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  3. Michael PopekJune 16, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    heh, that sounds a lot better than my guess.

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  4. C. GeisslerJune 16, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    could be "two weeks in Maine," if "uncomfortable days" is on the table.

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  5. AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    I'm going to take a stab and say "ten weeks in Mouse harber [sic]". There's a Mouse Harbor in NC. Awful handwriting.

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  6. AnonymousJune 16, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    I like your version.

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  7. Michael PopekJune 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Heh, thanks Ellen. I left the original up there for a laugh.

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  8. Heather OJune 16, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    I think it's "two weeks in ??? earlier" - I can't make out the word before "earlier" though.

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  9. AnonymousJune 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    I second 'Maine' and 'earlier' and offer 'lucky' instead of 'lively'.

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  10. Douglas Michael MassingJune 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    "Maine earlier", "missed a lot of hot uncomfortable days".

    Best to all,
    M.

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  11. Douglas Michael MassingJune 17, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    Sorry, missed my redundancy (doesn't one always?). And yes, "lucky" puts the old tin lid on coherence.

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  12. LynneJune 24, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    I have a lot of practice with bad handwriting (don't ask) --
    "I've been lively this summer -- ten weeks in Maine earlier now three weeks in Vermont with good friends. Have missed a lot of hot uncomfortable days -- the cottage where I'm staying overlooks a little lake."

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  13. LynneJune 24, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    ...Actually, on reflection, that probably is "lucky" instead of "lively."

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