Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:31:49 -0500 From: Wallace Watson <watson-AT-duq.edu> Subject: Re: Holiday Wishes This came to me . . . and perhaps everyone else on the Modernism list?? Happy New Year! Wallace Watson Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh At 10:54 AM 12/28/00 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Bruce, > I hope that Christmas with your family was a very happy and healthy one. I >had to rush my mother to the ER for congestive heart failure on the Friday >before CHristmas. SHe was retaining fluid from some arthritis medication and >it had an effect on her heart--she had open heart surgery about five years ago, >so we are always concerned. She seems to be doing better and we had a great >CHristmas day at my rich cousins' ranch in Mississippi--horses, cows, tennis >court, a huge lake filled with fish, etc. It is sort of like th tv show Dallas >or maybe Bonanza. It was lots of fun and good for her to be out. > All else is going well. My book got its first review that I know of in >Choice--a strongly positive one. I already received $600 in royalties and will >now have to think of something other than MB to write about. I am in the >middle of an essay for a collection on women and spirituality but feel I have >said all I want to say about MB. > Had a note from Camilla. All seems fine there--Reggie is, of course, weaker >but she seemed a bit cheerier than usual. My mom writes to her too. > Besides writing to say Happy Holidays to you all, I am also writing to ask >about the status of ordering Butts's books from you. I had a course on >classical mythology and modern literature approved for the sping of 2002 and >want to use either the short stories or the Taverner Novels for the class. >Will there be enough copies in print by that time? Thought I'd plan ahead >instead of surprising you as I seemed to do last semester. I'm not teaching a >novel course this spring or I'd try the Taverner Novels again. WHenever you >have time, drop me a note and let me know if you think this will work for next >year. > Ed sends best wishes to you all also. He spent all summer renovating >upstairs in our house--it is wonderful. I now have a second study, a sitting >room in which to read and watch tv with some of my exercise equipment, and a >huge dressing area just for me--it is like a dance studio. Too bad I am too >old for it to do any good for my looks! But at least all the lights and >mirrors will make me aware of my flaws before I go out into the sunshine. > The weather here is cold (40s-60s) but nothing like what is going on around >the nation. Bet it is cold in Kingston! > Hope next year is productive for you all. > Warm wishes, > >Roz > > >
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