Item 63 - Autograph letter, signed, from Mary Shane, Santa Cruz, California, to Barbara Hoyle Is sad that the Easter trip was called off, and that she won't be seeing Barbara.

However, La Jolla was a good place to visit, as the weather was better there. After a warm winter, the last two months have been cold; after one swim in the pool, it has been abandoned for the time being. Is still having 'strange and sudden attacks of being unable to stand or move without help'; a new drug may help, although it's all experimentation. Donald didn't go to the National Academy meeting in Washington in April, because he would not leave her alone at home. Beverly Hard and her husband are moving into a retirement home at the start of July; she will miss them. Whitney, her son, will arrive on the 26th, after going to a conference at Yale. Discusses the drought further.