Peter the Writer
May 15, 2023
One of Peter's favorite activities was writing down his favorite words. There are several pictures in the gallery of him busy at this activity, often with his Grandma, whose patience was unfailing. At one point an aide at the Spectrum School tried to help Peter reduce the size of his large letters. Peter got the idea and ran with it. His letters became so tiny that you couldn't tell what they were unless you already knew what word he was writing.
Peter used to steal my pens, so often that I finally got a lockable pencil case to keep them in! It was frustrating at the time. Now it seems charming. All of many many spiral notebooks were peppered with pages beginning: Barney, school, blue olive, baby, girl...One day after Peter moved to his new home I went through my notebooks and cleaned them up. And when Peter died I couldn't find a scrap of his writing. I was so sad.
So imagine my joy when, recently, going through some notebooks in a box, I found one I'd missed during my big cleanup. Here is a specimen of his fervent, happy writing, which makes me so happy and so sad to see.
Peter used to steal my pens, so often that I finally got a lockable pencil case to keep them in! It was frustrating at the time. Now it seems charming. All of many many spiral notebooks were peppered with pages beginning: Barney, school, blue olive, baby, girl...One day after Peter moved to his new home I went through my notebooks and cleaned them up. And when Peter died I couldn't find a scrap of his writing. I was so sad.
So imagine my joy when, recently, going through some notebooks in a box, I found one I'd missed during my big cleanup. Here is a specimen of his fervent, happy writing, which makes me so happy and so sad to see.