Letter from Bess E. Day to John G. Neihardt, January 13, 1970

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Best Wishes to you on your birthday and always!

I decided that your birthday should be celebrated long and more fully — so if you have a free hour between three and four on Thursday or Friday have Mrs. Young call me. I would like to have both J.D. and Myrtle come with you —

We will toast your birthday in sherry or a very fine German wine whichever you prefer —

the wine is very delicate — called the Madonna — Liebfraumilch — It is the first bottle I've bought in two years —

Thank Mr. Young for fixing up the scales — It looks as though I may have lost another five pounds since Dec. 1st — but Christmas was not too helpful in that respect.

Best Wishes for ten more good years of writing — affectionately,

Bess E. Day

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