Spitball Army

Of course, there is always something that can go wrong, and my driver’s license expired on 9.1, so I was flagged as “SSSS” or “special screening.” It basically meant nothing more than being sent through a separate line and being paid extra special attention. That was OK by me.

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Rec’d a letter from a girl whom I met on the train, when I was taking a trip to Ogdon 2 years ago. Her husband was discharged from the Army because of heart trouble.

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Aud. and I finished up the ironing this a.m. and then took Betsy over to Lake Callahan and went biking around the lake – then over to Cedar Lake, and back again. It was loads of fun and am so glad Aud. enjoys that sort of thing.

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Marge, Helena, and I had fun down town last night. Had our dinner together and then saw a cute movie, but I’ve seen enough pictures now to last me a long time.

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After the show, we went over to Manuel’s Tavern. The place was filled with Democrats. Democrats! They had the CNN wrap-up of the Pennsylvania primary on the big TV screens. It felt like Cambridge, but it was Atlanta.

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Passing back through Harlem, I kept a lookout for the museum. I stopped at the traffic light in the center of town. Ahead of me, on the right, I could see that there were still Christmas garlands hanging on the side of the police station. One of the taller brick buildings – two stories – had a graffiti-style collage of Stan and Ollie painted on its entire southern side. Three pairs of grinning faces kept watch over a fenced-in used car lot.

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