July 25, 2000

[asakiyume]

My mood improved markedly with a visit from the tall one and his son, my grandkid, little treelet.

Wakanomori brought down a diary the tall one had kept as a kid: here is the entry from July 25, 2000, which includes our visit to Lloyd Alexander's house, where we put on a play for him and his wife Janine. Also included is a visit to the US mint in Philadelphia and commentary on the Delaware River (big!)

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[sovay]

Wakanomori brought down a diary the tall one had kept as a kid: here is the entry from July 25, 2000, which includes our visit to Lloyd Alexander's house, where we put on a play for him and his wife Janine.

"We started by visiting Lloyd Alexander."

[asakiyume]

Very good way to start a holiday!

[sovay]

Very good way to start a holiday!

I am also glad to hear about little treelet, whose name I think I had missed before.

[asakiyume]

I couldn't remember what I'd called him on here--I had to go back and check.

[sartorias]

That is adorable!

[asakiyume]

I was charmed by how he put X's in front of each sentence, like bullet points, I suppose!

[queenoftheskies]

What a wonderful memory to keep!

How is the little one doing?

[asakiyume]

He's a delight--full of smiles!

[pameladean]

My continual complaint with memoirs of all sorts is that they are too brief and leave out the information I want -- because of course the writers were really thinking of me all the time, lol.

DID LLOYD ALEXANDER LIKE THE PLAY, PLEASE?

P.

[asakiyume]

The play was "The Tiger's Whisker," adapted from an Indonesian folktale, which we got from a book called Windows on the World: Plays and Activities Adapted from Folk Tales from Different Lands. We'd practiced a lot! Lloyd and Janine seemed to like it :-)

[heleninwales]

"We preformed our play for him."

What a wonderful thing to have done! It sounds like a memorable trip all round with the tons of coins and the huge river.

[asakiyume]

Kids' spelling is so fun. "Preformed" :D

It was so great to have a view of it through his eyes!