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Scooters, Boullabaisse, goosebumps and a party

Mom is just 22 and just married and just two months pregnant, (but she doesn't know it). This is the first time she has really been apart from her mother and father and she sounds so enthusiastic about being on her own with dad, but neither of them really know how to work it. She writes long letter after long letter to Lisa and Richard while she and dad are in Cape Town. This is one letter of many. Dad is 23 and taking a course in journalism. Mom mentions Marius Skoon . Mom's old letters are so newsy and fresh and upbeat a wonderful tonic for anyone who reads them. 19, Trianon, Ave. Marseilles, Sea Point, Cape Town. 22/4/59 Darling Mom and Dad, I've just got your letter telling me about Frame , and it's very exciting. I hope something came out of it. And I can tell you one thing, that if you live in Paarl , as soon as possible, To and I are going to live in Cape Town too. We were just saying yesterday, that it would be marvellous if we could make our per