This week, Mattie has feelings, and they're pretty blue. The reality of Ken's departure is hitting her enough to mention it. So she writes him a letter to tell him what she's been up to all week, day-by-day.

Plus, one of the most mysterious figures in our story, Mattie's eldest son Wes, takes center stage in our imagination this week as Steve opens up the possibility that he might have had kids we don't know about. There might be more of us just out there, not knowing each other!

We spend a lot of time on Wes and his wife, Flo, and how Mattie might have felt about them - TL;DR - much less charitable than her other son. And Steve has an interesting theory why.

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Characters This Week:

• Grandma Mick (mother-in-law)
• Uncle Berndt (uncle-in-law)
• Wes (eldest son)
• Flo (eldest son's wife)
• Ruth Mae (stepdaughter)
• Diane (step grandchild)

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.

While writing, Matt sees a car accident in front of the house. We update ourselves about the state of the war, and Mattie hosts a progressive dinner.

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Links:

• Hermann Göring's Thanksgiving speech
• Mayor LaGuardia says "no" to Christmas lights
• Cardinals defeat Yankees in the World Series
• American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers outline oil restrictions

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.

A big, early snowstorm makes everyone remember the Armistice Day blizzard of 1940. Plus, a mouse gets loose in the cabin, and Mattie gets mad.

Out west, Ken leaves the United States, and never got his watch.

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.

Mattie turns 49! Does anyone celebrate? She also catches the biggest fish anyone in the family has yet caught.

Ken leaves Minnesota for the West, and we learn about the wicked (?) neighbors.

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.

Mattie is fishing when she is interrupted by the arrival of a letter from Ken.

We learn the state of the war, and the world, on Tuesday, September 1.

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Links:

• Fort Snelling (MNHS)
• Fighting in Stalingrad video
• Americans in Guadalcanal video
• Japanese relocation to internment camps video

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.

Hosts Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow introduce you to Mattie and her world of St. Paul, Minn during WWII.

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Mattie On The Homefront is produced by Hans Buetow. It is hosted by Hans Buetow and Steve Buetow. The theme music is by Matt Buetow. The graphic design is by Amy Kirkpatrick.