Category Archive : Country

More Hikes – Less Parties

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-04-20 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 April 20
Letter Topics: Long hike; Move to apartment; sea freight; Kuwches;

Introduction of Future Husband – Bill Adorno

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-04-08 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 April 08
Letter Topics: Lost Wallet; Parties; diarrhea; Haircut; Introduces Bill as German, but he’s American

Twenty-Four Year Old Vonda Gets Second Wedding Propospal

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-03-25 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 March 25
Letter Topics: Four month anniversary; Proposal conflicts with being single and going to Africa

Bicycle Ride Ending in a Juiy Sewage Ditch. Yikes!

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-03-16 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 March 16
Letter Topics: New Bicycle; First Ride; Security Violation; Wall on the mountains

Everyone’s Roofs are Caving In! Oh My!

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-03-02 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 March 02
Letter Topics: Roof Leaks, Dentist Visit, Mud causing road and runway issues

Hiking in a Skirt with No Boots

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-02-17 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 February 17
Letter Topics: Answering Questions; Sleeping without Heat – Fear of Asphyxiation

Absolutely No Nostalgia for Small Town Life

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-02-14 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 February 14
Letter Topics: Scarred about growing up in Salem; Kabul Earthquakes;

Hints of Romance — References to ‘A Fellow’

Letter Info
Filename: 1959-02-03 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf Author: Vonda Adorno Post Date: 1959 February 03 Letter Topics: Hiking and Bazaaring with “a Fellow” (likely Bill Adorno); Washing Nuts in Tide?

What’s with Wearing Flamable Wool Clothing?

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-01-26 From Mom to Grandparents.pdf
Author: Vonda Adorno
Post Date: 1959 January 26
Letter Topics: Parties, Food, Skiing, Winter, Hose, Stopped Cars

Is a Mud Roof Collapse a Minor Emergency?

Letter Info

Filename: 1959-01-19 Afghan Grapevine Newsletter.pdf
Author:
Post Date: 1959 January 19
Letter Topics: ICA Bimonthly Newsletter – The Grapevine