Getting published is easy, just blog them. But, you have another
problem, those letters still belong to your cousin. You need his
permission to blog them or even show them to the public.

i had an odd thought about the letters, but then, i think in odd ways,
mostly metaphors.LOL  rearrange his letters to form/create "a daisy chain
from a lost flower child".

i mean do something graphic with his thoughts, like arrange them/his words
in flower shapes on the page for the less concrete subjects and whatever
other shapes the topic of the letter seems to be about---like, if it is
baseball, arrange the words on the page to form a baseball, or whatever. and
then your own words in the story/text can be the next page's stem-link.
kind of like a necklace of pearls---his pearl, then your knot (to tie it
together and hold it in place), then his pearl, and your knot . . . and so
on.

just a goofy thought, but i know it would have to be a labor of love.

kate

I keep thinking of them in terms of 84 Charing Cross
Rd. which I reread periodically. So story but with the
letters...
Found another in a totally different area today. Boy,
he wrote well. My mother used to write for children in
middle school age. Wonder if they might be used as a
flushed out story of some sort for that age group. When
I get some time, I will curl up and reread them all.
I guess I am just glad I found them.
I like to write -- I'm just used to writing text for
class work and teaching. :)
It is sad about both our cousins. Worse thing this time
was that he was caught stealing drugs from patients in
the nursing home he had worked for for 8 years. So when
he lost his job, he also lost his vocation. turns out
he has been on methadone for years. His sister told her
mother that she just found this out and also told her
that methadone is just a light form of heroin. Why
would you try to get off that she said. I got that
third hand via aunts but his sister is OB/GYN so I
guess she is right assuming it didn't get garbled in
the passing along. sigh  He is 18 months younger than I
am but until this year he was still getting mother to
send him money. In reality, my opinion, his mother is
his biggest problem. She always did everything for him
and now it is too late.
Thanks for the advice. I actually had self published my
own textbook for classes I taught on Smocking. Back
then it cost quite a bit including the color cover [now
in 4th printing and second edition and I still have
cases in the basement. Now, it is just a question of
getting it written and proofed and translated into a
PDF file available at a local internet near you. rofl
My grandfather's family genealogy book he wrote while
recovering from a heart attack is still being requested
and one day I will take the time to type it into Word.
It won't have the beautiful leather cover but it will
also not take up any closet space.
Thanks for answering.
Duckie