This old photo of Great-Great-Great Grandma Anne magically appeared. She is pictured wearing homespun standing out in front of our old sod homestead, which with its dirt floor she could never keep clean. Even our Roomba was little or no help, what with it always getting clogged with dirt. It is cold here today but should warm up for the rest of the week starting tomorrow. Last night, we ran the basement sink, to keep the pipes from freezing. Who knew that one could have a basement under dirt floors?

Last night, we watched The Shop Around the Corner (1940). This B&W Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan romantic comedy features two employees of a gift shop who can barely stand each other, all the time without realizing that they are also falling in love each other through the post as they correspond together as anonymous pen pals. An updated remake You’ve Got Mail (1998) featured Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Where director Nora Ephron tried to recapture the magic of Sleepless in Seattle, by substituting email for snail mail and AOL for the Hungarian postal service.