Ruth Lent, April 1979
Natalie
Natalie Fry, age 5
My Main Fear
Two rats in a lab cage: “My main fear used to be cats—now it’s carcinogins.”
Stupid Beagle
Peanuts cartoon: “Rats…I was hoping for a hug!”
Clinton Team
A small pin reading “Clinton Team.”
Happy Boy!
Is this Jamie?
Pax in Terra
Peace dove greeting card sent by Dan and Joyce.
Steve at the Lake
Steve Mehlenbacher
A Joyful Noise
Lloyd Loring on recorder and Doug Lent on trombone, probably during one of the spontaneous jam sessions that would break out on Thanksgiving. This might have been the very spirited version of “When the Saints Go Marching In” that also involved kazoos, tambourine, and call-and-response vocals.
Tired Earth
Frank & Ernest cartoon, with the Earth speaking to Saturn: “Frankly, I’m looking forward to having the meek inherit me!”
To Affect the Quality of the Day
Handwritten quote from Henry David Thoreau: “To affect the quality of the day… that is the greatest of arts!”
Dukakis Button
Campaign button from the 1988 presidential election, for Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen.
Fancy Footwork
The family at Ken & Alida’s house. For some reason we decided to each line our feet up on the bricks, which were laid in a herringbone pattern. You can’t see the bricks well in this photo, so we just look incredibly awkward. William Loring, Tom Lent, Jean Mehlenbacher, Russ Mehlenbacher, Elizabeth Loring, Tom Lent, Ken Loring, Alida Loring, Pat Lent, Jodi Lent, Kathy Mehlenbacher, Fred Shudra, Lloyd Loring. Steve Mehlenbacher must have been taking the photo.
Dancing in Lansing!
Pat and Doug celebrating in Lansing, Michigan, on the occasion of turning in petitions to put the nuclear weapons freeze on the ballot: “We’re dancing in Lansing!” They are wearing the Nuclear Freeze buttons pictured a few posts down.
Backyard Picnic
Doug and Tom Lent, Skip Mehlenbacher, Pat Lent, and Jean Mehlenbacher having a backyard picnic.
Today's Clarifications
1985 Doonesbury cartoon about Ronald Reagan. Mistakes were made.
Pat and Ruth
1983. Need help identifying the woman on the left…
Ruth Lent
Ruth Lent
Nuclear Freeze
Button: US/USSR Nuclear Arms Freeze
Kenneth Loring
Ken outside the house on Lake Chemung, on Grand River Avenue near Howell, Michigan. He is wearing a bolo tie clasp he made from beads and safety pins.