i post this with dr. randall's permission.

Dear Tae-Yeoun,

Thank you so much for my birthday card! It's sitting on the top of my
desk, next to my new plant, and I expect it will stay there awhile. I had
the ugliest room in the ugliest building on campus until this summer, when
Tom helped me paint and redecorate it.
Because so many of my students come from overseas, I try to have something
representing every continent. So far, I have wall-hangings from Morocco,
Iran, India, Guatemala, and Australia, plus a Tibetan rug. Add six potted
plants, and a my Japanese birthday card from you, and the place is finally
starting to look like home.

I had a treat last week when Kelsey and Tara invited Tom and me over for
dinner in their charming new apartment. Alex Y was there too! He had a few
weeks to spare because U. of Chicago doesn't start until later in
Sept. Dolora and Eric were not able to attend, and I'm sorry for them
because I certainly enjoyed myself very much. I'd been grieving all week
over the loss of New Orleans, and worried about how Katrina has ruined so
much of my home state, so you can just imagine what a refreshing change it
was to talk with Kelsey, Tara, Alex, and their friends about everything
from Tara's class at the Business School (!) to 1980s movies, to Cher videos.

I hope you are enjoying your new year at Yale. Please give my best to Alex
B and Adrian when you see them. Dolora and I still think about you often.

D'Arcy Randall

Well? Kelsey? Tara? Alex?

posted by Tae-Yeoun Keum   [9:15 AM]

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