Day: December 23, 2007

Photography

Clouds at Sunset

Shelly

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It got cold last night, and the wind picked up. I woke up at about 5am when the power went out. It was absolutely silent, except for the sound of the wind howling. It’s hard to sleep when it’s that quiet. Thankfully, the power came back on a couple of hours later.

The wind kept blowing all day, and we even had a few snow flurries. It was a good day for sitting on the couch with hot cocoa and toast, keeping warm under a blanket with the dog. (Miss Brown is the world’s very best hot water bottle.)

Letters to Esther, Meta

New Letters to Esther

Shelly

February 6, 1921 from Orlie Penwitt

February 15, 1921 from Luella

February 17, 1921 from Clark

February 21, 1921 from Luella

February 26, 1921 from Luella

February 27, 1921 from Clark

I finally had some time to scan and transcribe a few more letters. This batch is from the period when Esther’s family was still under quarantine for scarlet fever, so there are no letters from her mother or sister, Ruth. Luella, whose family lived near the Munros, sent Esther news about her family.

I also installed a Google search box on the main page for the Letters to Esther website. There are enough letters now that it might be helpful to be able to search for specific events or names. It’s ad supported (oh, how I hate ads), but they’re text only, so they shouldn’t be too intrusive. And, you’ll only see them on the results page, so if you don’t do any searching, yo\’ll never know they’re there.