Dear Folks: September 25, 1994
August 30, 1994
Logan Airport
Dear Folks,
It’s early to start a letter to you — I just finished sending out the last one. But I know what happens in September. There’s the Balaton meeting. Then there’s the accelerating pace of fall on the farm, and when it comes time to write your monthly letter, I get overwhelmed. So I’ll get ahead this [...]
Dear Folks: June 19, 1994
Dear Folks,
Whew! What can I say?
It’s been quite a week!
The very best part has been the rejoicing of all my friends. The Germans have a word Schadenfreude, which means, if I understand it right, taking joy in the bad luck or suffering of other people. I don’t know whether there’s an opposite — Freudenfreude? — which means taking joy in [...]
Dear Folks: May 23, 1994
Dear Folks,
Having sailed through the Winter From Hell — 35 below and snowstorm after snowstorm — without the slightest sniffle, I woke up yesterday on one of the most brilliant days of the spring with a seized-up throat. Last night I tossed around and built up towers of pillows, trying to keep one nostril open — you know how much [...]
Dear Folks: April 23, 1994
Dear Folks,
What a spectacular time of returnings and openings and loosenings and beginnings is the month between the end of March and the end of April!
When I last wrote you the land was white and frozen. I was celebrating the first muddy spots and the return of the robins. Now the fields are showing green. At the protected front of [...]
Dear Folks: February 20, 1994
Dear Folks,
WOW! It’s PLUS FIFTY out! The snow is still piled high, but it’s MELTING! It’s dripping off the roof and trickling down the driveway and sounding like tiny streams running everywhere. The SUN is shining! We in this valley, who can barely remember a day above zero, who automatically pull on three layers before venturing outside, who thought the [...]
