Sat. Apr. 23, 1932–
     A.M. To Buffalo to take frame toBr.for alteration – a fresher day – the air cool.  Discuss frames awhile then downtown – a little shopping, then home by noon–
     P.M. Hekking out for a visit to studio, wanted information about lithographs and etching press – To studio – show him picture and lithograph, etc. – at one time in his conversation he said something like “after my wife died—“I could hardly believe I had heard rightly and ask him about it – Overcome he could not answer at once – and it came over me how much I lived to myself so much that I did not know what he was doing or what was happening to him.  Then he briefly explained the circumstances of her death; and then a silence fell between us; finally he broke it by continuing a discussion of one my paintings.  He tells of some of his experiences as director of the Albright Gallery – also that he has been restoring paintings to earn some money – I offer hi the loan of my etching-press – he plans to have his brother drive out tomorrow to get it-
     The violets coming out today – The air gets colder all the time and at bedtime the temperature was 33 –                                                                               Sun. Apr. 24, 1932
     A.M. got out the etching press parts and was cleaning them when Hekking and his brother came out – he brought along a framed soft-ground etching which he presented to me, much to my delight, tho I told him it was unnecessary.  It was a fishing subject, three men baiting lobster hooks in a shed at night, a good handling –
     P.M. Our usual aimless loafing – talking – playing ball with Catherine.  Concert over radio – 2^nd Symphony by Rachmaninoff. Concerto in a minor by Grieg – both full of beauty – but the last number “Finlandia”, familiar tho it is, swept me off my feet.  What a great thing it is for an artist to create something that is the epitome of the spirit of a whole nation, and is accepted by the mass of the people as such – would that I could paint something that would bear the same relation toAmerica.
                                                                     Mon. Apr. 25, 1932
     The fair weather has left – cold level barred skies a raw damp wind out of the north –
     A few sprays of pussy-willows in the mail from