Dear Mitsuo, December19,2010・2015年12月19日（土）

Dear Mitsuo and Family &Friends, Dec.19, 2010
Thank you for your holiday greetings .
I’m pleased to hear from you, to know that you are fine, as are we .
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2011 .
Happy birthday on Jan. 29th ! .
To where have you been traveling ?
I’m just back from Jordan & Egypt, including Alexandria .
Last February, I was in The Philippines, Vietnam & Cambodia, in March .
Guatemala & Costa Rica, in July .
Madrid in August , Rome .
I also traveled to Nova Scotia in September & Boston, and enjoyed a week in New York City in October .
I was in S.F. for the Holidays 2009-10 .
I will be back in California Dec.23rd –Jan.7th .
On Jan.12th I leave for the Caribbean-my 1st time in that part of our world .
I Don’t hear from any of the Japanese friends .
Everybody is busy .
I do not have E mail or an Internet connection on .
Don’t know if I ever will .
What is your daughter doing ?
I’m so pleased that I could meet her, your wife and family .
I think I told you that mom’s house in Grand Rapids, Michigan was sold in April 2008 .
She’d moved into Railside Living center in February 2008 .
The center is less than 1 mile from my brother’s home .
It is 130 miles from Ann Arbor, so I don’t drive There in the winter .
(which arrived on the 12th – 8 inches of snow ice).
Thinking of you . Hoping to have your news,
( my phone is the same )
yours Truly,
Barbara

Dear Mitsuo, December18,2005・2015年12月19日（土）

Dear Mitsuo December 18, 2005
Holiday greetings to you and to your family.
We have not been in contact since March, 2004.
The times goes quickly.
I trust that you are well.
I appreciated your phone call about Natsuko being in Sacraments, CA.
I never did get to speak to her.
How is she and all her family?
Noriko writes from time to time .
Do you see her ?
Has Mr. Izena retired?
How is your school year ?
What work does your daughter have ?
How is your wife ? Mother ?
The rest of your family ?
My mother is fine at 95 .
Aunt Victoria is 93 .
I traveled to Italy in October 2005 with my brother and his wife .
I enjoyed 3 weeks there and saw a lot .
What traveled have you enjoyed ?
In Nov. 04 I went to the former Yugoslavia .
In Feb.05, I went Morocco .
Next July 2006, I’m going to Russia .
These are first time visits .
Each spring and autumn I’m in Italy .
Often I’m in Spain in the summer, plus traveling in The USA and Canada, sometimes Mexico.
I don’t have a computer so on E-mail yet .
This Holiday season I decided to stay at home .
I’ve been in San Francisco for the past 10 years for Xmas & New Year’s, with friends .
So I’m enjoying winter weather in Michigan .
It’s been cold and Snowing since Now. 23rd .
I like this time of year when most people take time to correspond .
I do look forward to hearing from family and friends .
I’m full of fond memories of good times shared .
I’ll be thinking of you on your January 29th birthday .
I hope you’ll have time to write and catch me up on your news .
It is always good to hear from you .
I’m sending back the lovely stamps you sent so that you can use them on your next 2 letters to me .
I don’t connect on the Internet yet either .
Mitsuo, are you continuing to study English with Mr.Lyle Allison ?
I was sorry not to be here in Dec.2001 when he was visiting his father .
So I missed his call.
I appreciate all the photo you send .
I’m including one　of me.
Be well . Sincerely , your friend
　Barbara