I was a court stenographer for thirty-four years.
About Ruth
At sixty I sold the house, bought a typewriter and started writing down the things I had been listening to all my life. Now I write one letter every Sunday, and a book when the letters add up to one.
28,400
readers of Second Drafts212
letters since 20221
book, Late Bloom
Kind words
“I am fifty-eight and I read it every Sunday before anyone else in the house is awake.”
JoanVermont
“The only newsletter I have ever paid for, and the only one I forward.”
AdeManchester
Every Sunday · 28,400 readers
Second Drafts
One letter on Sunday, about beginning again.