A Hard Road to Travel -- Part 6

The writing has come to a stand still.   I am holding my breathe as I prepare to hear the first round of comments from my five readers on my book.   I've already been reworking the first chapter.   It's interesting to look at it again.   It's been about 4 or 5 weeks since last I read it.

In the meantime, here's another the newest part of A Hard Road to Travel: The Letters of Two Sisters.

 

March 20

 

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Dear Marianne

 

Hope all is well.   We are doing fine.  It's actually been warm the past few days -- highs in the low 50s.   Snow's starting to melt.   And the tulips are starting to come up.  Our utility bill runs about $60 a month -- that's for the electric, water, and wood delivery.   We were told about 2 months ago that the gas lines would be back up and running.   Now that everything is controlled by the city, it seems to be cheaper.   It used to be about $140 for two different services -- electric and wood -- but now the council ordered they be combined which lead to lots of issues.   We're lucky in a way that we are moving forward into a more communal situation especially after last year when the riots hit.  About 120 people were killed. We stayed inside and kept watch at night.  What a mess that was.   Finally, the mayor and governor called in the national guard.  That's when the "the fences" went up and ids were required.  Lots of scammers "disappeared" -- or at least that's what we heard.

 

Gotta go.  Write soon.  Love to all.

 

Sally

 

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March 25

 

Keene, New Hampshire

 

Dear Sal

 Good to hear all is well.  Snow is melting here.   The temps have gotten up into the 50s and plenty of sunshine.   Great news -- we heard about our applications.  They have been approved for us to move there.   It will not be until May.   We broke the news to Mama and she is very excited.   She will be glad to be back in Indy.   Let us know about the apartment situation there.  Our next hoop will be applying for gas.  I wished we would have bought one of the electric cars when we had the chance.  Oh well.

 

Anyway, gotta go. 

Love Marianne