Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 16, 1972
September 15, 1972
September 17, 1972
Transcript:
Bernie: Gotta letter from Mike here, Zonker... Zonker: Well, for land sake, boy, read it! Bernie: "Dear friends: by the time you get this, Mark and I will be in Chicago. We expect to make it back to Walden by early next week. We are bringing with us a beautiful, sensitive, but confused lady named Joanie, whom we picked up in Denver. We befriended her because she had no one else to turn to during a moment of crisis. So it's not what you think." Zonker: Whew.
A letter……….Brings back visions of when being on the road meant being on the road…….The illusion of safety and ability to connect to anyone anywhere instantly has certainly degraded life in as many ways as it may have enhanced it……