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My elder son got his first skis two years ago. Father Christmas gave them to him and he was overjoyed. He is rather good at skiing already after two winters’ practice. But we cannot take him with us for longer skiing trips yet.

I collect stamps, too. But I do not do it properly. I only collect them for my sons hoping they will be interested in them one day.

I have a small collection of old books. The oldest of them is [sic] printed in 1767 and I bought it in London in 1938. It is very stupid of me but I must ask you about those first day covers you mentioned in your letter. I am not sure what you mean by them and should [sic] be grateful if you explained them to me.

My china collection is not very big because I started to collect china about a year ago. But I have some lovely pieces mostly of English, Austrian, and Russian origin. It seems quite impossible for me to close this letter.

I am afraid I have bored you by writing such a long one. There is one thing, however, I should [sic] very much like to ask you before I close my letter. I have an idea that all American housewives have wonderful kitchens with wonderful machines etc which make the kitchen a sort of paradise to work in. Am I right? I should be very interested in reading a description of your kitchen and your work there.

If there are any questions you like [sic] to ask me so, please, do, so I will be sure to write of things which interest you. I am enclosing a picture where you can see all of us. It was taken in May, in 1952 on Kallin’s first birthday and we are sitting there in our living room. On the wall you can see a so called Finnish rug. It is more than a hundred years old and once belonged to my grandmother and she again had got it [sic] from her mother.

I sent my best wishes to you and your family,
Yours very sincerely,
Aune Paarma

P.S. I know there are lots of terrible mistakes in my letter for which I apologize to you. If there is not too much trouble to (for?) you, I should [sic] be very grateful if you corrected them.
A.P.