25 Jul 1973
Dorothy Griffin to Paul and Marolynn Griffin
Dearest Paul and Marolynn
I feel so guilty after getting such grand, newsy letters from Marolynn, but not at all guilty about you Paul! You are as bad about writing as I am.
Any way, as I told you on the phone, the one place I've been to here so far is the Watergate Hearings, and that is etched in my memory! I can even picture the crystal chandeliers, with their frosted globes, and the big, square marble room, and the caved eagles on the great wooden benches where the committee sits. Senator Erven is much larger and taller than I had pictures, and senator Bolen much smaller, but other than that they all look very much as they do on television. Unless you have a special invitation, the public stands at the back, so after standing an hour and a half in the rotunda and another two hours at the hearing, my back has never felt the same as before. But it was worth it.
Washington still has great appeal for me, but it is so mixed with memories, and many of the people in the memories are now dead, and all but the Manwarings and Ruth Knudson now gone, so that it is a little haunting. But I loved it all so that now I get a lump in my throat as I ride by the familiar scenes, so many parks, such lush countryside, so many stately buildings. It was a lovely place to spend the years in our twenties and thirties, and I treasure the memories. I'm glad Marian and Steve are here these years so that I could return!
We stopped at Richfield to see Florence (Ross) and it is evident she has been through a lot. I wondered if she would ever be able to travel as we've done again, certainly not at the pace we've gone before! I had forgotten the ever-present wind in Ogden; every morning it comes roaring through the canyon for a few hours.
I think Marian and Steve have made the right decision to buy the little town house....
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