Dear [Lynn],
Yep, pics eat the ink. Especially if the pic is very dark.
Hmm. Some vacation. Learning lines [for a play]. Ah well, to each her own. 
Thanks for the welcome back. Already looking forward to Saturday. So too must you be, with your vacation coming up next weekend.
Later.
Tom
Dear [Lynn],
The trip [to Altoona, and home] was wonderful. Sure will be nice, after next weekend, to be there by default and not have to make a weekend trip.
Of course, now, the question will be what to do with my vacations. For the most part while living away from home, I spent them AT home. But now that I’ll be living AT home, will have to start traveling a bit to retain the diversions that the trips to Altoona used to offer. Now, I will need a diversion from Altoona instead of using Altoona as the diversion.
Hope you’re feeling better.
Later.
Tom