The heartiest of Season's Greetings December, 1969 In May, after close to half a century of teaching, I retired and moved from Boston to this island of unique design located just off the coast of Mt. Desert Island, Maine, where I have purchased a house and eight acres of woodland and meadow reaching to the shore, though the house itself is situated on the main road and easy of access at all seasons. The island's name is Cranberry, one of a group of five, and well-earned, since even my own meadow provides me with delicious highland cranberries. With a garden, studio and wood stove, I shall lack neither pleasure nor occupation, and books and music will round out the day. A wood lot will provide firewood and muscle tone, and the garden flowers and vegetables for my table. To watch the day progress from morning till darkness takes over, and to follow the seasons as they change from the lush flowering of wild pear in May to the opulence of summer and then move on to yellow tamarack and wild rose hedges of burnt orange and finally take rest in a cover of pure white under dark evergreens will surely be a cycle of full measure. The deer pay almost daily visits and the voracious appetites of the chickadees know no bounds. They are both good neighbors. I shall be cutting my own Christmas tree for the first time, In excellent health I am looking forward to. retirement as a very exciting adventure. Please note my new address - and please use it: Carl Nelson, Tosh Park, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625