Begins with June 4 in an old 4 poster bed with the birds singing. She is 58 years old and hopes to be more open and accepting, respond positively to change. "Golden Stream", the Lake, is 50 years old. She records where the boys are now. Garry is 30 and in Columbus since last Apr 1983 and has a studio in the historic district. He is home from Ohio University in Athens with a PHD thesis in creative arts to finish. He will be returning to Ohio for several months. Ted did 4 years at Yale and 3 at Georgia Law School and now in Atlanta. He brings lovely girls home but she wants him to find one. Jim graduated Georgia Tech as an engineer and his first job is on a rig in Louisiana. Met a girl in New Orleans, Brinkley. Gave her a ring on dock at Lake. He is in Lafayette, Louisiana as a manager when married. Brinkley was a waterfront counselor for the summer. Last half of binder is poems, quotations that had meaning to Barbara.