Sam mars dinner by drinking too much; Mary upset

Mary is getting back into her routine after their big trip to Alaska and Canada. We can tell that Mary and Sam are doing pretty good financially. She has help with the garden and the trips they take. I chuckled when this week she asks herself, “Where is our summer?” We were just asking that same question to each other a couple of weeks ago. Now we are putting on the air conditioner. Got to have the temperature just right.

Friday, Aug. 6, 1948

A dark gloomy morning. I was afraid it would rain. At 10 I was all thru with my work when comes Edith Skene. She had a flat tire here, so Sam fixed it, s...