December 14, 1976 (Letter from Diane)

Portrait of Andy Warhol by Jamie Wyeth

Credit:  WikiPaintings

I sort of expected that you would weasel your way out of the house party.  But having your sister fly all the way into Boston so you would have an excuse is a big drastic, don't you think?  Never fear!  I'll do it again sometime and this time it will be a surprise.

Since this time of year is supposed to be cheerful and happy, I won't discuss jobs at length.  However, I was very surprised when you wrote that you hated yours.  It was going to last several years.  Is it the money or something else?

Let Bev and/or me know -- when you can visit.  The Longwood Gardens display was spectacular and the Brandywine River Museum featured trains & trains plus Jamie Wyeth's portrait of Andy Warhol & Andy Warhol's portrait of Jamie Wyeth.  The pig was there, too.

Oh, yes, you missed the excitement Sunday morning.  Everyone overslept and was racing madly about a 11:00 a.m., blissfully unaware that Rosie & Larry's 2 yr. old son had played with the dials of the clock radio and set it 3 hrs. ahead.

Enjoy the holidays!

Portrait of Jamie Wyeth by Andy Warhol

Credit:  WikiPaintings

July 15, 1975 (Letter from Diane)

I don't know whether I should be aggravated with you for not disclosing what the warden has against you or sympathizing with you over your cold.  Since you're probably over the cold, that leaves aggravation,  But I'm too droopy.  Maybe later.  (What is it, anyway/)

Everyone here is droopy.  It's been raining for almost two weeks with floods, lightening (I know) -- the works.  Montana weather seems great after 80-90 weather with 90-100% humidity. And they tell me August is worse.

Because we couldn't go to the shore, one of my friends from Penn State and I went to Longwood Gardens.  It was formerly the DuPont summer estate and now is 100 acres of the most beautiful gardens and conservatory I've ever seen.  Especially now that the waterfall is turned on.  After all that walking we were starved so we went to Chadd's Ford with the niave (?) thought of finding a pizza parlor.  What we did find was Chadd's Ford Inn which looked like a dump.  Actually it was a camouflaged Top of the Triangle.  Can you imagine cut-offs and a patched-up shirt?  It's a good thing it was early Sat night or we'd have been very uncomfortable   Expensive it already was.  We should have guessed - -it was right across the street from the Brandywine River Museum.

Do you have any idea when you'll be coming East?  Grayce told me early fall, maybe Sept.  I may be going to Dallas for a workshop on Sept 27th.  If not Dallas, maybe Colorado Springs.  So I hope you don't choose that weekend.  Please let us know when you decide.

Grayce was in town for the weekend.  Although we couldn't meet, we did get to talk, long distance, for almost an hour.  Sometimes I think that me and my friends (my friends and I) keep Ma Bell going.

Nothing much has been happening.  I'm longing to go to the shore again but everything is working against it.  If it isn't raining, something else, e.g., baby showers (I'm getting to hate showers), people visiting, etc.  Of course, I've just stopped peeling from the last trip 3 weeks ago.

Maybe there will be something exciting to report in the next letter, if we don't get flooded down the Delaware.  Meantime (nobody would ever believe I was an English major), keep in touch.