Aug 01 - Being an artist

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 - Page 214
LOCATION: Chicago

7:00 PM
Didn't do much today, but draw. I did the lettering for "Phredee" and figured out more of the dimensions for the poster. Got a photo of Ken with his guitar. Ken & I went out to get the clothes from the cleaners, and put in my film (and Ken bought some Polaroid film & flash bulbs) -- also got poster board for the poster, and gum. It rained some today, but it stayed warm -- in the 80°s. I am now drawing Sooz's picture from one of the proofs. Met Vicki, Sue's girl friend, today.

Title screenshot of TV show
"James Garner as Nichols"

Everybody saw my drawing of Sue, and everyone was impressed. I went down to watch "Nichols." Mark & Larry came over and Ken & Sue & them stayed upstairs. So I moved my operations downstairs.

Marcus, Sue, Larry

[Side note pointing to photo] This is what they were doing upstairs -- just foolin' around. Ken caught them with the Polaroid. It shows Marcus Wunluck, Soozwol Latka and Larry.

TOMORROW: Tic tac toe

Jul 10 - Geri's photos of Europe trip*

Monday, July 10, 1972 - Page 192
LOCATION: Bethlehem, South Dakota

7:00 PM
I've just finished putting in the photos Geri took [April 21 & 22; April 29 & 30]. I missed breakfast today, of course -- it was windy and somewhat cloudy, but most of the day was warm, clear and calm. I did various things -- hauled cement to Clint & Tom S. who put it in the forms, shoveled dirt away from the bank (just now I wrote "Happy Birthday to me," on July 17, 72), finished cement, constructed forms with Pierce (Dorothy, by the way, turned her ankle badly yesterday, so she's incapacitated), and began grading the land near Storm's.

Klint

Jeff's gone, most of the nuns are still here, two groups of tourists dropped by to see the cave, Mike Mills beat me in two more games of chess, and I read some more in "The Thing In The Stone" [by Clifford Simak originally published in Worlds of IF Science Fiction, March 1970: A man who suffered brain damage can see the ancient past & hear the traffic of the stars -- and a mysterious creature trapped under a mountain...]. I'm learning to find more time where I can now, so I'll be doing more reading, some writing, and possibly some artwork.

John, Bruce, Clint, Tom & Tom are gone now, out helping a doctor move his motorcycle from Wonderland Cave. Jim's out someplace playing his guitar (I can hear the music vaguely). I am now in Abbott's, and Mike and Greg are in the next room fooling with some psychological test. Brad is unaccountable as usual. Today Gil mentioned that he'll want me to do some art work for a pamphlet. Progress on that will be forthcoming. Now I'm going to write captions for the Europe photos. -- It rained for a while today, then cleared up. The Democratic convention took place. I lost in poker.

Tom Hildebrand, Father Gilbert's right-hand man

TOMORROW: Flood-Repair Meeting in Deadwood