"he don't tell us much" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:He told some of this news to Young. He don't tell us much. Jose asked me today what I thought and if I blamed them if they had a sale. She said Reitz was supposed to come about the...

"he would keep his horse, a wagon and a manure spreader" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:Bud talks about having sale next month and then Forest Krietzer is going to farm for him. Jose had to help so much in the corn this fall that you...

"they will never get any more cobs while the engine is running" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:The Cowan boy was getting cobs before he did and he got sick too and Mr. Cowan took his boy to the doctor and then took him home and put him in...

"don't go up in the hay mow" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:He told Jose he was not drunk and handed her the medicine that the doctor give him. Ralph and your dad went over to help him get down feed as Jose did not want him to go up in...

I did only one drawing while I was in New York, but I left it at my mom's. It was a sketch of her dining room chair. My great-niece Hailey likes to draw, so we spent the morning sketching together. It always amazes me how people can just pull images from their minds....

(I have been away and the blogger interface has changed. Oh, I was confused for a moment. But everything is here, just a different place.) So, I was in New York, or more specifically Long Island and Manhattan Island, that's it. One day the east end, one day the city...

"bud was hauling corn cobs" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:Bud was hauling corn cobs yesterday afternoon while he was getting cobs he was overcome from the gas of the engine. He was so bad that they called Dr. Hearst to the elevator and...

"they do not know if it is indigestion" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues with:They could not get Dr. Schaffer as he had gone to church. After dinner they had Doc to come up. They do not know if it is indigestion or it might be like our...

"got pop" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Letter to Earl continues with:While we were at church Bud come over and got pop to come over to look after Lady she was sick.Up next: indigestion.

"tonight is just icy enough" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.I anxiously awaited my delivery of old letters. I hadn't thought of it before now, but that is a sure way to get some mail, isn't it? But really, you know that I cannot resist vintage mail and...

"third right molar missing" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Daniel O'Connell was also charged with violating the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment due to his opposition of the draft laws. This is my last prisoner for a while....

"condition of teeth unknown" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Jim Wong was arrested in Nogales, Arizona in March of 1917. He was convicted of smuggling opium."The most important reason for the increase in opiate consumption in the United States during the 19th...