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Expressing sorrow

May 31, 2020 By Carol

Yesterday, I wrote a condolence card to a friend. No matter how many of them I write, each one challenges me with an inadequate feeling. What can I say to offer comfort at such a time of grief? Yet words of sympathy are necessary to write especially now- when so many are dying unexpectedly, due […]

Filed Under: Books, Handwriting Tagged With: accidents, AT&T Dallas Cowboys Stadium, charities for the underpriviledge, climate catastrophe, Condolences, Covid-19 pandemic, Dallas Cowboys, death, expressing sorrow, finding the right words, food bank, grief, handwritten notes, J. Beverly Daniel, job loss, loved ones, Margaret Shepherd, Robert W. Bly, Sea Turtle Conservancy, sympathy, The Art of the Personal Letter, Webster's New World Letter Writing Handbook

“Betty Bonkers working on jet lag”

March 10, 2019 By Carol

My favorite younger sister, Andrea, died on February 22, 2019. It was sudden and unexpected with dubious circumstances. She had just come back from a dream vacation to Hawaii. Her last text to me said, “Betty Bonkers working on jet lag.” Next, I heard Andrea was dead. So many parts of this jigsaw puzzle will […]

Filed Under: Books, Content, Uncategorized Tagged With: Beth Macy, Chasing the Scream, Costa Rica, Crisis of Despair, death and families, Dopesick, grief, Hawaii, heroin, Johann Hari, massage therapist, opioid crisis, Oxycontin, PaperOwlArtists, Purdue Pharma, Sorry for your loss, sympathy cards, turtle totem

“the Ghost of an idea…”

December 24, 2018 By Carol

  Charles Dickens began writing A Christmas Carol in October 1843. At that time, he was suffering from “a hideous cold,” and was in the midst of a financial crisis.  After five years of economic success, Dickens had overextended his finances, his newer books were not selling as had been anticipated, and he was forced […]

Filed Under: Books, Handwriting, Holiday Tagged With: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Declan Kiely, Ghost of an idea, Ghost of Christmas Present, hungry forties, Morgan Library & Museum, Ragged School, Scrooge, Want and Ignorance

9 billion phone checks a day*

September 5, 2018 By Carol

Ever wonder how much time you spend checking your phone on a daily basis?  And how much does that all add up to in hours and minutes? In a recent survey of 8,000 people, the “Average daily screentime usage” was 3 hours.  Most people spend between 1-4 hours on their phones. If you spend a […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, News clipping Tagged With: Adam Alter, average daily screentime, Catherine Price, Dan Harris, face-to-face conversation, Good Morning America, have a meal without your phone interrupting, how to break the pattern, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Irresistible, Miguel Porlan, New York Times, phone checks, smartphone, walk in Nature, write a thank you note

Writing History

June 23, 2018 By Carol

On the surface, writing by hand in a diary is a solitary experience…jotting down whatever is noteworthy from the day.  If the entries are dated, a timeline emerges with days, weeks, seasons unfolding into a record of one’s personal living history.  Upon closer inspection, a diary is more than a collection of musings, it is […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting, Journaling Tagged With: 1805, Diary of an Early American Boy, Early American artifacts and tools, Eric Sloane, Eric Sloane Museum, Frank McCauliffe, homemade inks, nail making, Noah Blake, personal history

Pen to Paper, 1st visit

April 5, 2018 By Carol

I had not imagined how intimate it would be to read the handwritten letters of  60+ artists. Many names were familiar to me from my art school background. Those who where new, quickly became familiar through the personality of their handwriting. There is something so immediate and personal about handwritten letters. Pen to Paper is […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting Tagged With: artful scribbling, Copperplate script, Florence Griswold Museum, Grandma Moses, indecipherable script, Mary Savig, Maxfield Parrish, Parrish blue, Pen to Paper: Artists' Handwritten Letters, psychic automatism, Robert Motherwell, Saul Steinberg, Thomas Eakins, writing master

Letters to Pope Francis

December 24, 2017 By Carol

December 23, 2017  Kids write letters to Santa. They also write letters to Pope Francis. With “Dear Santa,” they generally have a list of stuff they’d like to own. With “Dear Pope Francis” they look for answers to “make sense of the world.” Regardless of how you feel about religion, Pope Francis is a unique […]

Filed Under: Books, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: childrens drawings, guardian angels, Letters to Pope Francis, Letters to Santa, Pope Francis, soccer, tango

Mary & Me: A Lasting Link Through Ink

July 28, 2015 By Carol

 July 24,2015        Yesterday, I discovered this beautiful book in my mailbox. Hurrah for the cause! Two women pen friends, both named “Mary” honor their long enduring handwritten connection in this exciting new book on letter writing.     Here’s the synopsis from Amazon- Mary and Me: A Lasting Link Through Ink explores […]

Filed Under: Books, Handwriting, Pen pals Tagged With: 30 years of ink and paper, friendship, letter writing, Mary & Me: A Lasting Link Through Ink, Mary Jadlicka Humston, Mary Potter Kenyon, pen pals

You’ve Got Mail-Don’t Write Off the Letter

July 6, 2015 By Carol

July 6, 2015 The students who took Professor Marty Townsend’s course:”The Letter as Genre” compiled an anthology of essays  into a book called You’ve Got Mail- Don’t Write Off the Letter. Freshly published, it is now available through the campus bookstore.   Description- “In our digital age, many have claimed that letter writing is dead. […]

Filed Under: Books, Guest Author, Newsflash Tagged With: anthology of essays, Don't Write Off the Letter, Kelsey Hurwitz, Martha Townsend, Shannon Robb, The Letter as Genre, University of Missouri, You've Got Mail

The Wisdom of Slow

August 10, 2014 By Carol

August 10, 2014 Do you ever try to do it all? ” Try” is the keyword, it implies failure, or that the goal is unattainable.  Well, I confess, “I try, and try harder,” meaning I go faster, and still I frustrate myself with what’s left undone.  Going faster creates the illusion that I have more […]

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