005 Personal
In Pop’s last letter to Newton that I posted he made reference to starting work on a family tree. Fortunately, I have those writings as well. As one single document it’s long so I’ll break it into two parts. I guess that sometime or other in their lives most everyone wants to write a book. [...]
Pop refers to a “Family Tree” he worked on. I have that and will insert that into this series on Pop’s Letters next time. Pop mentions the benefits of the “War Economy” back in the sixties. We experienced similar benefits in the new millennium and is a reason why the 2008 crash did not come [...]
Samarie Walker, a young freshman on the UConn women’s basketball team, has transferred out mid-season. Piecing together statements from AAU coaches, UConn coaches and reports over the past few years here is my interpretation of what happened. Walker idolized a former UConn player from her area. When UConn offered a scholarship she followed her idol’s [...]
Perhaps this is a good time to say that Pop’s views are not necessarily mine. Actually, I agree that Lyndon Johnson was not a nice guy. I also agree with an overall sentiment that people in this country are too indulged. Yet Pop seems enamored with the rich from his days of working on their [...]
As Pop says this was supposed to be a short note written soon after the previous one, yet the end appears to be missing and what I have here is probably quite a bit shorter than what is was. You get a glimpse into the Coffin pedigree with this note. July 17, 1965 Dear Beth: [...]
This letter is mainly about lobsters, though there is a reference to Pop coming out to Iowa for the first time to meet his employers and how glad they were to have him come out. July 15, 1965 Mr. Harold Lufkin, V. P. Newton Mfg. Co. Newton, Iowa Dear Mr. Lufkin: A couple of letters [...]
This is the next entry excerpted from my Goodreads blog, about my first experience with a Print on Demand provider. ALC = Author’s Learning Curve. I approached my first POD publisher for Systems out of Balance in December of 2008. As a newbie to PayPal I had trouble getting it to work in acquiring his [...]
Ever hear the phrase “don’t spit into the wind?” Well, Pop’s got his own version of that based on his sea experiences. Most any sailor boy could tell which Yacht was about to “drop anchor” by her “lines”. We were familiar with them all, and if a strange one came in we would look at [...]
Here is part two of the letter started last week. More on Bar Harbor and rich lifestyles. Anyway The arrival of The Bar Harbor Express was quite an event with all the Porters, personal servants, luggage, pets and what have you, and the cars were something to see Rolls Royce, Packards, Marmons, Buicks, and Pierce [...]
This might be Pop’s longest letters and will be broken into three parts. This part mainly describes “life in the day” working for the rich. June 26, 1965 Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P. Newton Mfg. Co. Newton, Iowa Dear Mr. Lufkin: A few days after you left your usual interesting “missive” came along about Bar Harbor, [...]