Still Inconvenient
This month’s postcard! I totally forgot, thanks for the reminder.
November 16, 1915
Miss Martha B.
Scranton PA
Friday eve, 7 P.M.
Please Pardon me for not writing Wed. eve as I promised. Am just as busy as can be. Mr. Nichols is away on his vacation and you know what that means! Ha! Will write as soon as convenient.
Fred
I think Mr. Nichols went to rehab. Or maybe a quick stay at the sanitarium. Speaking of crazy people, I am still working on this whole Lexapro withdrawal thing, although it is much, much better.
In November I started getting this crazy weird pain in my side. It really was more annoying then painful. Since I am prone to hypochondriacism I googled it and then I ignored it until February. When it still did not go away I went to the Doctor. She sent me for a full abdominal ultrasound (no fun when not knocked up!). It showed nothing. So last week I went for a dye scan thing. Turns out when the ob/gyn pumped me full of estrogen last fall to stop that other problem(when I looked for a link to that whiny post I realized I never told you about it. Good for me. It fell into the waywayway tmi category anyway.) (it still was not caused by breastfeeding! Was not!) the doctors may have over done it. That particular medicine turned to sludge in my gallbladder. Ew. No stones, just sticky goo clogging up the works.
I got the test results back today…..and my gallbladder is only functioning at 26%. Not good. Just in time for my brain to be clear I am going to have to have surgery. Boo. In other words? Blogging is still not super convenient, but I promise I have written dozens of lovely posts in my head!
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This month’s postcard was really a New Year’s card, but it felt romantic to me. If you like birds that is–did you know not everyone likes birds? A certain someone who likes to sleep on my couch told me that she hates birds because they poop. Um? What? You hate things that poop? Anyway, I like birds, and I like my bird postcards best. Fred and Martha must have liked birds too because I have a zillion postcards with an entire aviary full of bird options.
Postmarked
January 3, 1919
Endicott, NY
Miss Martha B.
Scranton PA
Ha ha! What do you know about this? Yours rec’d tonight. Will write Wed eve. Want to attend a surprise party tomorrow night for Rev. C Chapman? Sorry you have not been feeling well.
As ever,
Fred
Well, that was a cheery Christmas card.
Do you like this month’s banner? I do because that is exactly what the sky looks like here and there are THIRTY birds flying. If you have not guessed it yet, I will no longer be in my twenties as of this month. Who else just had a birthday? Thehuckablog.com turned two on December 30th! I have had the urge to go back and delete a bunch of stuff , but I guess that is not a very genuine way of doing things. If you have the urge to read a bunch of early drivel, as opposed to current drivel, note the archives tab over on the left.
The postcard that is this month’s banner is really a Christmas card but it felt more Januarish to me. The back read:
Mr. Fred J
Union NY
December 24, 1907
Dear Fred,
I am still sick at home. I am heartily sorry to say that I can’t send you a gift this Chris. Love to all the family and a Happy Allelluh and New Year.
Unsigned, but came from Tunkhannock, PA, and is a different handwriting than most of them–but I guess it was someone close if they did not even sign it! Wasn’t that a depressing card? Sad birds on a cloudy day and hey guess what? I am still sick and you are getting squat for Christmas.
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I realized I never told you what this month’s postcard said! So sorry, my brain seems to be a little scrambled. Speaking of scrambled brains–Miss Shirley retired and I missed her party! Miss Shirley worked with my mom for ages and she faithfully reads thehuckablog everyday according to my mom. Happy Retirement Miss Shirley, make sure you still check in everyday now that you are not bored at work anymore!
And, back to the saga of Martha and Fred.
December 22, 1915
Martha B, Scranton Pa.
Dearest Martha,
Please excuse this card instead of a letter until after Christmas, I was thinking I wrote last morning. Am sending a little package, not much. Have been out today helping solicit for a chicken pie social-next week, 29th. A man died this morning leaving eight children, mother is dead. Your guest, about seven. Best wishes to all. Helen wrote too, and love by Mary.
~Fred
So do you think the chicken pie social was to raise money to help those eight kids? Because wow, that is some fast work–guy died and the fundraiser was planned all in the same morning. If not that, then why would he interject that cheery bit of news on his Christmas card? And your guest about seven? It is all very confusing. Could be the fault of those scrambled brains.
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The image of this month’s banner, as promised is from one of my antique post cards. Here is what it says on the back:
November 26, 1909
Mrs. Mary E. B____
Scranton Pa. (no zip code -are those a recent invention? post edit: I had to look it up because I am a huge dork. They were implemented in 1943)
Hoping that you are in good health and are able to eat one of these on Thursday. Will write soon. Charlie
Because you requested it, here is what the back of last month’s owl postcard said:
October 29, 1912
Miss Martha B_____
Scranton Pa.
Tuesday A.M. Please accept this postal in place of letter, will explain later why I did not write last night. If can–(hey look my love of –is multi generational!) I intend to write tonight.
Hastily. FTJ
Hmm. I wonder what his excuse was? Too bad I have them organized by holiday instead of date or I could look it up. Today is the first of November and so starts the first day of NaBloPoMo–which means I will write soon.