new

I gotta new house, gotta new bed, I gotta 'nother closet, and I gotta new refrigerator which is a lot bigger than the one we had in Hackney, man that thing wuz little!

glad

I'm glad I come t'Cross Plains, I got more friends than I know what t' do with, like Steve Gazaway over 'air, the Coke Swiper. I'm glad I met Alice, glad I met Marlene too.

ain't seen no one

I hadda good time yesterday, I had fun, I fell back 'n the parking lot back 'air, Charlene's not here t'day, I don't know if Tunnel Hill's here are not, I ain't seen no one.

hope

I hope everybody hadda good weekend, hope everybody can play pool!

hope

We hadda good time yesterday the Senior Center, we had sum ice cream, we had tuna for lunch, I hope everybody hadda good weekend. I hope we can hang on t' what we got here.

Chrissie and Jeff

My friend Chrissie come and see me ever once 'n awhile. Gosh it's been over a week. I ain't seen 'at man its been years, I ain't seen Jeff in a good while. 'At man can tie sum knots in your seat. And boy can he tie 'em.

friends, etc.

I talked to Amber yesterday, I talked to my sister, talked t' sum friends that plays cards. I go sit 'n the pool room watch 'em play pool for while. We got sum interestin' people that plays pool: me, Slick, and Robert... A guy named Sam, he helped me a lot since I fell in the pool room, he and Joe and Sam they helped me up off the floor, if they hadn't been in there I hadn't a got up. I hadn't heard from Carrie 'n two weeks, I hadn't heard from 'at woman in two days! I hadn';t heard from Carrie 'n a good while. I used t' get a message from her once 'n a while.