𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆?
She had been writing to 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 for years. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
One day she sent me a photo of a letter she had written.
𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱. It looked like it came from another era. I asked, “Did you use a typewriter?”…