(Friday.10 pm)
Dear James,
I thought I’d write a few lines before I turn in. The weather was decent in the morning but by noon a blizzard was blowing. The air outside the grove and in the road was full of whirling snow but we were sheltered from the worst of the wind. Ruth went out to the wood pile with me and threw down a lot of the big chunks you quartered and I split 3 loads of kitchen wood and John got a big box of kindling. So we are “all set”. We’ll all write a long letter Sunday. John’s cold is nearly gone. Ruth has had it today. It was 10 below tonight at 9 o’clock.
Love, Martha