I went to the Mansion today and was happy to see your letters and messages and Valentine’s Day greetings and gifts are already beginning to arrive, and are warming the place up on this cold week. On the bulletin board was this very lovely letter to Peggy from Jenny of Arizona, she also has unusual hair and is told by friends it is the coolest hair she has ever seen. Peggy has often been told the same thing.

“As one wild-haired lady to another, I love the pictures Jon has posted of you. You obviously have spunk and it’s clear you’ve lived a wonderful life. I’m glad to “meet” you – even if its only a letter this time.” Peggy loved the letter and the staff posted it on the downstairs bulletin board where everyone could see it.

The staff also has a box with letters and cards, there are almost enough for everyone. There is a Valentine’s Day party at the Mansion on February 14th and I’ve been invited with Red. I’ll be there. I’ve got a bunch of invitations to come to dinner at the Mansion while Maria is in India, I’ll definitely come over for dinner one night.

Thanks so much for the love and work that goes into these messages and gifts, I wish you could see how much they mean to the residents there. If you are inclined to send something, the address is the Mansion, 11 S. Union  Avenue, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

The residents names are Jean A., Mary, Gerry, Sylvie, Diane, Alice, Jean G., Madeline, Joan, Allan, Carl (Bob), John K., Aileen, Christie, Helen, Connie, Alanna, Barbara, Peggie, Dennis, John R., Bruce, John Z.

And thanks Jenny, you seem pretty great yourself, good to meet another wild-haired lady in this curious, but somehow intimate, way.