Dear Family:
Serena left this A.M. for Bloomington and will end up the week in Pittsburgh at a library meeting. Our own plans did not start too smoothly as the van battery was down, so the Salisburys took the three of us to Leesburg for lunch and then on to Greenfield as their High School was having open house this afternoon. It was our first visit there and have always been curious about their facility and "all" the art work. The school was a gift to the City back in 1914 when a local native son made "good" on the horse collar invention.
Last weekend dad spent with John in Newark, plus seeing the sights and most important meeting some of John's many friends. He is wondering if M.V. is still planning to come to his area to sing in June? We are wondering if it would suit M.V. if we came to Lexington on Sat. May 7 to see her . . . hopefully we could meet her for lunch etc. M.V. do let us know about this day for if OK we will ask Virginia Walker if she can also go to see her daughter there.
On Thursday evening we went to Wilmington to hear Jim Trelease speak on the importance of reading to your children – about 40 years too late for us. He is an excellent speaker and author of "The Read Aloud Handbook."
This paper will bring back some memories. Serena taped the program on the pyramids for us to watch as we were out that evening. We also had an early morning experience in Wilmington as we were on the Emmaus breakfast crew . . no one goes hungry at those meetings.
The "g"s and "s"es were so bad so got out Serena's typewriter cleaner and they seem to be working much better now yes//??
We did plant some things in the garden yesterday – beans, spinach, zucchini, beets, and carrots – not to mention broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage plants. Dad did most of this the really hard part. He also planted fruit trees and evergreens and others not only in our yard but also at Culbreaths, Grandma's and a renter's yard.
We hate to see Serena leave but know she is anxious to get started doing something in her field and hopefully will get to do some interviewing at the PLA conference. She went to Bloomington to do a little work, pick up a friend to go to Pgh and back to Bloomington and home but not sure when that will be.
Glad to hear that Wendy's plane schedule is shaping up and that her departure for Phoenix is after 6PM instead of AM as we first thought. We are most anxious to have her.
Things are shaping up for our trip – we leave for the West Coast on Wednesday, May 11 so will be busy from now on. We will miss alot of things going on here – end of school, Memorial Day and NVHS Alumni meeting dinner and dance but it's impossible not to miss something.
[Love, etc.]
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