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?…
Sounds Familiar…
Sid’s next letter arrives in June, with the news that he won’t get away to Buffalo as soon as he had hoped. Life was very busy and it seemed he wouldn’t be heading towards Elsie until after he taught summer school at Rutgers. It was probably not welcome news to Elsie, especially when Sid didn’t…
Here’s to Then…
A snowy day in a warm house is the perfect day to continue the story. And, of course, what I really wish I could find next is Elsie’s reply to Sidney’s letter. But unfortunately, when I open the box of my grandmother’s letters to Sidney, the earliest postmarks on her letters date from 1935. So…
El and Sid ~ A Slow Romance 