Last week, a precocious fifth-grade girl asked me for help with finding some "good books" to read for fun. She wanted something realistic and humorous, so I immediately thought of Paula Danziger, whose books I had loved at that age. The girl had already read and enjoyed "The Cat Ate My Gymsuit," so I picked up a copy of "There's a Bat in Bunk Five" to show her. I flipped through the book to check its condition before giving it to the girl (with library books, you never know if a page or ten are missing) and this red piece of paper fell out. The "bookmark" label says business, but the smiley face says fun. Happy reading!
Happy 4th - Fri.
Good morning,
Enclosed is your beautiful dress with alterations exact and wrinkle free, oh please let there not be a wrinkle.
Thanks for the loan of the book.
Talk to you soon!
Jill
Church supperFound in "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. Published by Whitman,1960.
bring cheese
Friday
Saturday go to Mr. Halls to party.
Learn verse...
No church
the last week
in August
Church next
Sunday
Saturday, July 26, 2008
2nd AM of 2 powerful dreams.
Yesterday: woke up from maybe couple hours of progressive dreams: me from younger to older. 1st really erotic dream I can remember having. Bill was downstairs, though; Murphy's whining at door brought me to consciousness. (the same Murphy who needed to go out and is not getting tummy rubs to my left)
This AM: vivid regressive dreams - born though (what?) maybe seven lifetimes. Part-way through I knew in dream that I'd been through "older lives." Two brothers, a sister? Boys had different fathers. Smarter one aged more quickly than less gifted, but sweeter, brother. A sort of Lex Luthor/Marvel Comics/radiation thing I was "burned?" at some point in my life?
Woke up just b-4 6 AM. Bill facing me - my reality touchstone. Ernie was slightly erect, became more so with (rather insistent on my part) stroking. Lower back/pelvis killing me; remembered stomach/ab contraction can ease pain, so did that. Realized dream sequence and got conscious enough to realize that waking Bill wasn't fair. Left Ernie to rest, kissed my beloved, patted/scratched Murphy with my foot while reaching for journal and pen, Had to pee, so did that, then got book's (??) dog to go downstairs. He had to pee - long night for him - and now we are on couch w/Murphy properly curled up to my left my R wrist properly braced, and me pondering the powerful dreams showing me that I am coming into the kairostic moment of being not in my past nor in my future, but the true present. And I can get my life in order, my finances - my heart, soul, body - and not only God but also life is good - all the time.
Thank you.
2 squares bitter chocolate OR 8 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 cup rich milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
24 (large size) marshmallows
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup broken nut meats (if desired) [ed: NEVER!]
Mix chocolate, sugar, milk and salt in heavy sauce pan. Place over heat and stir to mix thoroughly.
Turn down heat when it begins to boil. Cook to soft boil stage (238 degrees). Remove from heat.
Add butter and marshmallows. Do not stir, let stand 25 minutes. Add other ingredients and stir only until crumbs are mixed in well. Our into buttered pan and let cool. Cut into squares.
"This is a delicious fudge recipe. It does not have that too-sweet taste of ordinary fudge."
July 3, 1984
Dear Mary -
Could not get a hard cover of this except by order - up to 10 weeks. So I opted for this as I want to send it to you now.
If you care for it quite a lot - I'd like to give you a hard cover later. I re-read mine a lot. But this is at least a high quality paper back and won't fall apart in your hands.
The Tillie Olsen is a splendid hard cover - a remaindered book club edition I was able to get here. The paper of it are all poor quality. You'll relish her style - amazingly inventive and poetic, no matter what else.
Commemorations of a special time with you and Joseph.
Love,
Mary
Pledge Marilyn Clark,
Well, it's begun and now we'll see if you can take it. I want you to find out who I am and leave me a note in my mailbox today. I'm sweet, shy and innocent. Also, I'm a blonde, about 5'. Find out what has happened to me recently and know all about me.
I have some work for you.
Your Beautiful Initiator
