(seq. 7)

July 30, 1965

Dearest friend Miriam:

Your very nice letter of the 19th arrived
in good time and cheered me plenty.

Brother Francis was in to visit last Sat.,
and I expect to see him tomorrow, the # 31st.,
when I hope to hear that all went well Sunday
at the Outing. I hope that wonderful person
from No. Grafton was able to attend - Certainly
she's had more than share of trouble, she
is putting up the good fight. Its INSPIRING....

For me, Dear Friend, time flies - getting so
that I practically have to apportion the day for
reading, study, exercise, two hours of chess, and
during the day, for news & sports, I must average
about three to four hours watching TV, although
we are allowed to watch our choice of programs on
TV until well into the night I'm usually asleep
by 10:30 - like a log until 7:00.

One thing I'm very lax about -- and there is
no excuse -- is letter writing, I think its
because I keep saying to myself - I'll put off
writing until tomorrow as I may have some good
news - .... Of course it will come, I'll wait.

my faith is stromg as ever and I'm not wasting
the waiting.

Very Much Love
Always John

KERRIGAN