On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Farar Elliott wrote:

> Don't you feel virtuous?
>
> I hope the children did well today -- were the plants all where you expected
> them to be?
>
> Good luck with your own academic hurdles tomorrow.
>
> You are Ms. Christmas goose -- warm and fragrant and delectable, and, it
> just occurs to me, much sleeker than a turkey.  It's noon, and my own
> procrastination takes the form of one part Deirdre and one part lunch.
>
> May I drop something by your house tonight?
>
> Farar Elliott
> Director of Public Programs
> Valentine Museum
> Richmond, Virginia

      Goosey goosey gander, how you do wander, Mr. Elliott. Mistroked
yourself?

       Hank Burchard * [log in to unmask] * Washington DC