This beast of a typewriter! Yes, I know you said not to send you a directly typed letter, but if I handle one more piece of carbon paper I think I will explode.

I have reread the enclosed posts and there are a few corrections that will need to be made. If I had typed these with a ribbon, I could do some alterations myself. I am using the handwritten numbers on the back of each page as a reference.

Well, that was a one-line test of a rewound ribbon; it worked for three words. This is the original ribbon that came with the machine which got stuck once in a while. I am now down to two new, unused ribbons.

I have had it. I have been dealing with this beast of a typewriter all day. Let me get this stuff in the mail. I hope they put the damn AC on soon. It feels like there is a shortage of oxygen. I had to even look up the spelling of oxygen.

I do hope the blog has not gotten out of hand!

This ribbon is sticking. I am just going to have to get Mom and Dad to buy a weekly supply of ribbons. I know I still owe you a whole bunch of writing on your latest letters.  ¶ 12:37 PM