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Eve Drewelowe autobiographical writing, 1980s
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626-13 Could be I dropped at 626-13, parking close to [a] the size of the house - 3000 sq. ft, partially the neighbors' the [foromotess?] who [mopey, mad?] had moved [illegible] [illegible] the vacant lots to our [5?] - without having any respect for the stone wall I had originally built to [safe?] [to?] give us privacy. I was ill, not able to carry [off a figure?] & the [lower?] a wet [shop?] ... The wall became [true to?] despoiling character my wall became a retaining wall to their [fink?] & rock elevating the beautiful [masonry?] site. [illegible] Selecting & moving good [hot beverage?] masonry & [M.E.B.?] permitted and implementing a hillside home drawn and constructed to be [nail?] into the hillside. We were able to swing this big idea [eyed?] as usual, provided we did a lot of the work. And we did. [Vos?] [wasted?] up at the office. I remember laying some flagstone. It was I who did [out?] measured and laid out ply panelling to cover the walls - to go around and fit stair steps. [Vou?] sawed after the office closed. It was we who did the [illegible]. The cards were shuffled; we did the dealing. It was I who supervised [coos?], who designed. It was I who Reincarnation
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626-13 Could be I dropped at 626-13, parking close to [a] the size of the house - 3000 sq. ft, partially the neighbors' the [foromotess?] who [mopey, mad?] had moved [illegible] [illegible] the vacant lots to our [5?] - without having any respect for the stone wall I had originally built to [safe?] [to?] give us privacy. I was ill, not able to carry [off a figure?] & the [lower?] a wet [shop?] ... The wall became [true to?] despoiling character my wall became a retaining wall to their [fink?] & rock elevating the beautiful [masonry?] site. [illegible] Selecting & moving good [hot beverage?] masonry & [M.E.B.?] permitted and implementing a hillside home drawn and constructed to be [nail?] into the hillside. We were able to swing this big idea [eyed?] as usual, provided we did a lot of the work. And we did. [Vos?] [wasted?] up at the office. I remember laying some flagstone. It was I who did [out?] measured and laid out ply panelling to cover the walls - to go around and fit stair steps. [Vou?] sawed after the office closed. It was we who did the [illegible]. The cards were shuffled; we did the dealing. It was I who supervised [coos?], who designed. It was I who Reincarnation
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