Letters from the Inside, Ira Einhorn, #17

HI KELLY,
I FEED BACK AS QUICKLY AS I CAN SO WROTE YOU ABOUT THE ADDRESSES - RECEIVED AND USED-AS SOON AS I GOT THEM.

TWICE YOUR POSTCARDS GOT PUT IN A WRONG PLACE (WHY I DON'T KNOW) BUT I GDID GET THEM THE SAME DAY AND ANSWERED THEM.

MICROX HAS DISAPPEARED (IT WAS 1968-70) SO NO SURPRISE AS IT RARELY COMES UP IN MY MEMORY AND IT WAS T IME OF MUCH ACTIVITY WHEN I WAS WEARING A VERY PUBLIC MEDIA HAT.

FOR FUN: SEE IF YOUC AN LOCATE THE SMOKE-IN I ORGANIZED AT INDEPENDENCE HALL AROUND THE SAME TIME. IT LED TO THE ARREST OF A TEMPLE UNIVERSITY TEACHER AND A STI-INB AROUND A POLICE CAR, SO MUCH OF LEAD TO SOME PUB.

WE DISTRIBUTED A POUND OF ROLLED UP GRASS---INVITATION WAS BY WORD OF MOUTH.

EVERYONE HERE HAS A VISCIOUS UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION.

4 TIMES SOUNDS AS IF IT NEVER WENT AWAY: i'M HAVING THAT PROBLEMMORE OFTEN--THINK I HAVE KO.ED SOMETHING AND BOOM: BACK.

NB: WIRTTEN FRIDAY BUT MAIL NOT PICKED UP UNTIL MONDAY.

I NOW HAVE A MIX OFM Y -- SINCE XMAS--BATTLE WITH MY EARS, THOUGH AT A LOWER LEVEL AND A VERSION OF WHAT YOU GOT.

THE EARS PRODUCE TINITUS WHICH IS HELL.

THE UPPER R. PRODUCES SWEAT: i MOVE, I SWEAT.

IF I'M IN A TOO HOT ROOM: LIBRARY LAST NIGHT AT 7--I FEEL AS IF I'M GOING TO FAINT AS THE HEAT SEEMS TO JACK UP THE EAR AND UPPER R. VIRIL.

IT'S A CONTINUAL STRUGGLE THAT WEAKENS, BUT FORCES EXTREME CONCENTRATION.

THE DOWN HERE IS EXTREME AMONG BOTH GUARDS AND PRISONERS: YOU COULD CUT IT WITH A KNIFE.

MY IBT SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED SO I AM WONDERFULLY NEWSLESS. A LAWYER FRIEND PROVIDES IT SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.

HAVING BEEN INDEPENDENT ALL MY LIFE, THE TOTAL DEPENDENCY ON OTHERS FOR THE SLIGHTEST THING IS DIFFICULT.

AND HERE THEY ARE NOW COUNTING ALL ENVELOPES, SO I HAVE TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WRITE FEW OR NO LETTERS.

A FAKE ENGAGEMENT RING SOUNDS CRUEL TO ME, GIVEN YOUR HOPES WHICH HE OBVIOUSLY IS AWARE OF--HE DOESN'T SOUND CRUEL, SO PERHAPS CHILDISH IS THE WORD.

YOU NEED TO DISCUSS IT OR SOUND OFF, JUST WRITE IT TO ME.

SAD.

PEACE,
IRA