File spoon-archives/modernism.archive/modernism_2000/modernism.0012, message 51


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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