Thursday, January 9, 1947
A new experience – at 31! Went ice skating with the Romines this cevning at Sawyer’s Lake. I used Flo’s shoe skates & Wally his dads old blades. Managed to keep from falling down by sitting down first. Ray said I didn’t do half badly but I couldn’t keep my ankles straight to save me. Then Ray & I did a little star gazing & back to their house for some ping pong & hamburgers.
Took David up to have stitch out in PM. Is healing fine but a little nick at the side of the main cut may leave a scar. Then got boots $2.50 & slippers $179 for Kathy. And down to the library. Got Kathy a card & Mrs. Ray Barnthouse was very nice in explaining rules, etc. I got out a book on Annual – Emily Dickinson’s new collection “Bolts & Melody” & Ratcliff “Modern Miracle Men”. Picked up Wally at 4 & he started painting the basement walls at the foot of the steps.
Ray’s verse puts me to shame – “Beaten Path” and an unfinished one on winter.
[Ray finished both and they are contained in the booklet “Terradise – Poems of Ray Romine” available at terradisebooks.com
Beaten Path
Let January breezes
Have their frigid fling;
Imagination teases
Me with thought of spring.
For snow, its white perfection
Hurling towards the lake,
Knows just which direction
Apple blossoms take!
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