<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Dear Friend</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We are basically fine</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> And thank you for asking.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Life is good.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Aging is challenging.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We're battling things in our little living space</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> falling apart around us </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and they aren't even as old as we are!</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">But when your toilet seat breaks </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and your microwave quits </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and both require specialized shopping to be replaced </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and are almost impossible to find</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> because they are RV units</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And then your printer dies </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and you can't even buy one these days </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> that does not have to be hooked up to Wifi </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and that prospect sends you scratching your head </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and cursing modern technology </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> still unable to print </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> until some young person comes along </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> who can help you hook the thing up </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And then the plumbing under the bathroom sink </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> springs a leak </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and you don't even know about it </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> until the next day</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> when the entire carpeted floor </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and the "basement" storage area underneath </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> are soaking </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and it's November and foggy </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and the fans are still running 4 days later </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and everything is draped everywhere </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> to someday dry </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">And then a rat jumps into the fan on your heater </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> and the racket of its dying scares you so much</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> that both the heater and you </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""> are hollering and threatening to explode....</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">I mean, what the goldarn heck?!</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><b class=""> </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""> - </b>Sashana Kane Proctor</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>