Maria and I called the weekly Friday Bingo game at the Mansion, we had a full house and ran out of bingo cards. Sylvie came into the dining room to tell me that she didn’t care to play bingo – a young lover had played it before he died – but she had finished writing letters to all of her friends who write to her from the blog.

These letters are so important to Sylvie, she talks about them all the time, and we are working with her to try to make sure they are all stamped and addressed properly, many were getting returned. She said she is so grateful for her friends.

You can write to Sylvie c/o The Mansion, 11 S. Union Avenue, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. And thanks, Sylvie is one of the best portrait subjects I have  ever had.