LETTERS FROM THE PAST

This blog is to honor those who have come before us. These are family letters that I have had for years and wanted to be able to share them with family. It's an interesting way of knowing how life was in the past.

LETTERS FROM THE PAST

Myron F Taylor with 3 of his buddies in 1952. Over the last 20 years I've been working on our family letters. Letters that have been passed down. Including letters from my parents to my great-grandmother. Every letter was saved by my great grandmother and grandmother. I hope someday to either print them or give them to a museum. I am copying the letters–not being able to photocopy all of them. Each letter is in script. I know today very few can read them. I hope you enjoy them.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Ken Hodge - Portland July 25, 1984


Portland
July 25, 1984

Dear Lynn & Pat:

Sorry for the long delay in answering your lovely letter, but I had a bit of tough luck, & drank too much and got jack rolled, couldn’t even pay my rent, now I have to pay double next month, of course I could’t get any stamps, I usually have some on hand but.

I won’t say much about myself, but I was in the Army, also a long time in the Merchant Marine, been to all countries but England and Scandinavia lived for ten years in Australia but had to come back to the US in 1964.

I hope you can decipher my damned writing, after all I’m 64 years old but I can still perform whatever.

I’m now living in a hell of a dump, its run down and most of the roomers are exlunatics or corrects sure is a nut house along wit the roaches and noise I manage to survive.

Just where is this town that you are living? I’ve never heard of it before. My home town is Anacortes wish I could see it again.

Well Dear ones this is all the BS I can think of for now. Hope to have better news next time, I’ll be moving to an apt. in Sept. I hope.

Love to you both

As ever, Ken
This won’t be posted till the 1st anyway.


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