
Issue #20 – Letters from Pam
ISSUE #20:
This week in MUSE: Letters From Pam
Three months of correspondence with a long-lost friend.
CONTENTS:
• April
• Interlude
• May
• The Middle of May
• May into June
NEWS AND NOTES:
Two Interesting article on the friendships we make and keep throughout our lives:
How Friendships Change in Adulthood.
Why Friendship Changes As We Age.
Image Credits:
Cover art: Dueling Keyboards, photo collage by B. Wujcik.
Interlude: 8th Grade Class Photo excerpt, unattributed.
May: Chicago Heights, google maps satellite view.
The Middle of May: Restaurant Signs, found images.
May into June: Marie Curie (1898) and Lucille Ball (1955).
April
OMG! April 7 2019
Pamela C••••••••, is this you? Such a wonderful surprise to hear from you, on MUSE.
Your comment was really touching, thanks …
My favorite (and persistent) memory of our girlhood and friendship is of the time we painted my bedroom wall, to match an Aries poster I had … do you remember? Even Bruce knows the story, after all these years,

Interlude
8th grade graduation APRIL 27 2019
Look what I found! I just had to send it to you.
I recognize you, me, Donna K., Janet S., Joyce H., Paula K., Philip T., Richard A., Marianne Polom, Nancy Fitzgerald ….
Is that Teri somebody in the front row?
LOL at the styles! SO retro
Who else do you see?

May
dribs and drabs MAY 7 2019
Finally, Hello ! I have caught my breath after the big push to get MUSE out, yea! It’s always another week to catch up on errands chores etc., and we had all the preparations for the Cinco de Mayo party Sunday on top. My house is a mess. But now I am taking the rest of the morning to write to you, leisurely,

The Middle of May
More! MAY 17 2019
Hi again, here I am starting the next leg of the marathon – so much to say, so many questions to answer and ask!
First, I am glad to hear Reva was her old self when you saw her. I hated to think she’d changed, especially in that way. Somehow it ruined my memories of her, which were good ones. But all is restored.

May into June
Re:Re: More! May 22 2019
Good morning! I am taking a few minutes to write now, because for the next two weeks I will be busy busy busy with MUSE, and the holiday, and the girls and the kids and everything else I have to do! Just so you know it doesn’t mean anything if you don’t hear from me for awhile. But you write back right away!
Bits and pieces – I was wrong about Cipriani’s then,