Last heard from, Sid was planning his trip to spend the holidays with his family in Buffalo - and to spend time with Elsie. So I wasn't surprised to find a festive Christmas card (shown above) in the next envelope in the box. What was a surprise was what was on the inside: Who the…
Well, the election is over and now what will happen? In 1932, that is. I so wish we were at that point right now. Don't you wish we had a fast forward button through the next six months or so? But alas, we must fully live these troubling times in order to get to the…
The next letter that Sid pens, in mid October 1932, strikes me as so extraordinarily timely for readers in 2020 that it is hard to believe that more than 85 years have passed since it was mailed. How can something written in a completely different time speak so directly to our current situation in America?…
In this very tough season in which we find ourselves, time is suddenly on our hands. At home alone or with family, our minds are naturally drawn backwards to happier times, easier times - which, of course, all felt stressed-out, frenetic and way too jam-packed in the moment, but now in retrospect seem positively dreamy.…
El and Sid ~ A Slow Romance 