A Conversation with
Elizabeth
1998
Just Hello
From:
Elizabeth
To:
LMixson@PEC.com
Sent: Monday, June
8, 1998 5:13 PM
Subject: Just Hello
I'm probably very sensitive about the "family" issues just now.
When my father died just in 1995 I heard nothing from my brother about
my father's will, except I signed over my third of his house to my
brother, so that he could sell it more easily. BUT THEN, after I
signed it and he sold it, for about 40,000 (small town--nice house--but
who wants to live there), I heard nothing. I suppose that nothing
is what my sister anticipates letting me hear as well. I scoured
through papers this weekend and found a letter my sister sent to my
mother in which she was trying to get my mother to give her power of
attorney. In the letter my sister says, "Notice Mother that I've
put Paul (my brother) down as an alternate. That's to let him know
I'm not trying to usurp him or cut him out, but with him out of state
anyway, I doubt he could be able to help you." However, my sister
doesn't mention me at all. I got a copy of the letter about a year
after it was written, when I heard my sister was trying to get power of
attorney. My brother sent the copy to me, but he said he didn't
know if it had been signed. Of course, if he were included, as my
sister states, he would have gotten a copy. The trouble is,
members of my family lie. My brother lies. My sister lies.
My father used to lie. My mother used to as well. I suppose
some people would use the euphemism "manipulate" but I just call it
lies.
Otherwise, a very, very busy day. I didn't get break and didn't
get lunch, just a short one until almost two. The movie I tried to
recall was The Truman Show. It's supposed to be good.
Did you have a wonderful change in the weather? We did and it was
so welcome. Before, it was so hot that when I walked on the
parking lot, I could feel my legs baking from the heat. I think it
got down into the 50's. I slept with my windows open and was able
to keep them open almost all day Sunday, when late in the day it finally
got a little warm. Today it is still cool. It was so
oppressive in the days before.
I could not breath.
Didn't do much this weekend (caught up on rest and sleep, sorted out
personal papers) but did catch a very good movie on Bravo. The
director was Mamet, but I didn't know that when I planned to watch it.
It just sounded interesting, and turned out to be his very first movie.
His movies are always a bit unusual. This one was about a woman
psychiatrist who got sucked in by a patient. It was called the
House of Games. He has a new movie out called The Spanish
Prisoner, which is coming here in late June or early July to the
alternative theatre.
Well, I've 15 minutes or so left and I'd like to look at the NYT.
The Supreme Court has taken a case on whether the attorney client
confidentiality privilege still holds after the client's death.
Ken Starr brought it up in the Clinton mess and wants an attorney to
hand over his notes. Its virtually sacrosanct. I heard on
NPR that even Lizzie Borden's attorney notes are still sealed, even
though historical societies want them very much.
Hope you had a good day. Elizabeth
Updated: 04-08-2024