Nana Biography

And you know, that kind of person just drops in. It’s interesting. When I lived in Kentucky, I had a group, we all belong to the same sorority, and we had grown up together and played golf together and you know, it’s the kind you’re on the phone every day, and you talk and you go double dating together, and you have very close associations. And now, I don’t have, I feel close to people, but I don’t see them as much, or talk to them as much. And I think that’s just our civilization, the way it is out there.

Is it something you miss?

No, I’m occupied enough, but I like to be with people, and I think I would like to be with them a little more than I do, maybe, because everybody’s occupied. Ori is writing a book, writing Allan‘s biography, so she’s trying to set aside every morning, you know, and do that. And I’m running this business. Every time a grandchild reaches the age of 12 or 13, whatever it is, he gets to choose where he wants to go in the world, and they take him. And the first one wanted to see the pygmies and they took them. I don’t know about the pygmies, but they saw giant gorillas.

Oh, wouldn’t you love that? I would love that.

And they’re wealthy enough so that they took their four children and everyone had grandchildren, I don’t know how many there were. They rented two houses on a beach, took maids and nurses, and everybody went over and spent three weeks. So all the family together.

Glory, glory, oh!

Well, all the work was done, and they could just play. They do very nice things with their children. Once Wendy and Henry rented a trailer, and they took four of them, and went all over Colorado and the big parks. And they did the cooking and stuff. She said it was much better than going to hotels with these kids.

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