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25 July 1973

Dear Doris:

I have your letter and see you are a bit discourages. Times are hard these days and I suppose good jobs in N.Y. are scarce. Hang on to what you have, though, till you can land something better. It doesn't help you to be growing older, though you don't look very old yet, but you have to take that into consideration in being of the factors in being turned down. I feel sure, thought, that you will find some good job if you keep on trying.

I wish you lived near to share my garden produce. I have had only one ear of corn so far, but lots of tomatoes and string beans. The blackberries are ripe now and I have plums aplenty. My early apples have supplied the neighborhood and all the birds. Two crows have been feasting on them. This weekend I shall have to start canning my tomatoes for the winter. I still have a few jars left over from last summer.

Not much to report - I work from 8 - 12.30 then go home for a swim and later to hoe in the garden. This morning I had to take my car over for its 6 month servicing. I got there at 7, and there were 2 cars ahead of me. You have to telephone ahead these days. I must get there between 1 and 2 to pick it up.

Elsie who is president of a society of scientific artists is leaving this weekend for an exhibit in Boulder, Colorado, with a great parcel of drawings of the artists here. She will be gone nearly 2 weeks and I'll miss her. She has planted 10 tomato plants in my garden and some [[strikethrough]] lima [[/strikethrough]] string beans, so I'll have them to tend in her absence.

I hope all goes well with you. Take care and don't push yourself too hard.

Love and best wishes,



to daughter Doris