December 24, 2014… Finally, all the cards, packages, and gifts have been delivered for the holiday tomorrow. It was a busy season. I was happy to see so many letters with handwritten addresses on them. Yep, the cards and letters are my favorite part. Personally, I am still writing cards. Since I like to […]
Archives for December 2014
A Christmas Carol
December 22, 2014 On a recent trip to downtown New Haven, I discovered a marvelous Christmas display of paper cutouts in a variety of shop windows. The best arrangement is in Claire’s Corner Copia, a vegetarian restaurant on the corner of Chapel and College Streets. There I spotted this scene from Dicken’s Christmas Carol. […]
Busiest letter season…
December 13, 2014 This IS the busiest postal season of the year! AND, I can testify that business is booming. Finally the catalogs have diminished- thank heavens. They were heavy. Now the daily delivery focuses on packages, gifts, and cards. What I call the “fun stuff”. I am most excited to see all the handwritten […]
WRITE FOR RIGHTS 2014
December 1, 2014 The pen is mightier than the sword! Once again Amnesty International is launching the Write for Rights 2014 campaign- a 10 day letter writing marathon beginning today-December 1st. “Write for Rights epitomizes what Amnesty International is all about – individuals helping other individuals, wherever they might be. It is a […]