Writealetter.org

Let's start writing letters again!

  • Home
  • About
  • Go The Write Way
  • Posts
  • Resources
  • Contact

“Honey to my soul”

July 16, 2010 By Carol

Here’s the scene- the mail’s arrived. Like a kid, you approach the box with anticipation. You quickly grab the envelopes and begin to rummage through looking for what? That pearl in the oyster, “real mail”- a handwritten letter!   For the last 26 years as a letter carrier, I have witnessed this mail box phenomenon with the resultant heartfelt change of expression that comes when a handwritten letter is discovered in the junk. One customer told me that receiving a handwritten letter was like “honey to my soul”!  I love to write letters and I love to receive them.  For this past year and a half, I have been attempting to stir some energy to revive the art of the handwritten letter, and preserve this important piece of our culture.  ”Future generations won’t know what grandma’s handwriting looks like”, a friend noted.   The post office tells me  that this kind of mail is dwindling with email and texting  taking over.   This is true, however there is definitely a pulse to keeping the art form alive.  After finding little support from the USPS, I contacted some “heavy hitters”.  Oprah is impossible to reach, Martha Stewart only takes ideas from within her organization. Michelle Obama DID answer me with encouraging words only.  On the plus side, I met Carl Honore and was introduced to the Slow Movement.  “Everything at its own pace”- is the philosophy www.slowplanet.com . Getting permission to slow down, makes my shoulders melt, how delicious is that? So there is a worldwide counterculture movement to slow down.  And I’ve observed that in our haste to rush through our lives, we are definitely losing touch with anything that we think “takes too much time”, like writing a letter to someone. Striking a balance is the key, the old CAN co-exist with the new. It has taken me a while to embrace this concept, but alas here I am blogging for the handwritten letter!  I am hoping to elicit global encouragement and support.  …More shortly…With best wishes,  Carol

 

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: handwritten letter, Slow Movement

Subscribe

Subscribe to our mailing list for occasional newsletters and notices of new posts




Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • September 2021
  • July 2021
  • April 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • January 2020
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010

Copyright © 2023 · Carol Christmas · website by Hardenbergh Design · Log in