Universal Letter Writing Week celebrates the art of communicating through letter writing. It occurs each year on the second week of January. Although this notice is a few days late, there is still plenty of time to participate by writing someone a letter. Perhaps there’s a thank you note leftover from the holidays that you […]
“The Happiness Challenge”
Happy New Year Dear Readers. I must confess the challenge of this New Year’s moment has overwhelmed me. Much like the 2 faced Roman god Janus who starts off the year with Janu-ary, I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I am still writing holiday greetings, and the thought of jotting down my […]
“My Dear Friend”
After her grandmother died in 2000, Rachael Doyle, a high school junior from Long Island, decided that she wanted to do something to lessen the loneliness for some seniors in a local nursing home. Rachael along with 2 volunteers went into the senior facility and offered the women there makeovers. It began with doing the […]
And, the winner is…
Dear Reader- With the blood moon lunar eclipse conjunct Uranus, squaring Saturn, and opposing the Sun and Mercury today, it is no wonder that the results of the midterm elections could be unpredictable in places. All of the above, translates into uncertainty. And, still the “talking heads” attempt to see into the future. To add […]
Royal Pen Pal
Dear Reader, Here is a Royal story that we can relate to. Queen Elizabeth had a pen pal. Often, Her Majesty kept a “stiff upper lip,” so it is heart warming to learn that she let her hair down with an annual birthday card to her American pen friend in North Dakota. Here’s the scoop […]
Tool of Freedom
Dear Reader, Speaking of pens, here is one that could capture headlines. Housed in the archives of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, it gets little notice. A friend who has access to the “bowels of the Beinecke” took these photos for this exclusive view of the very pen that Lincoln […]
Penmanship revisited
Hello Reader, Valentine’s Day always signals a good reason to put your pen to paper. And having your message clear and legible will help the recipient know who is playing Cupid. Did you know? In former times, when a man was wooing a young lady, the quality of his penmanship determined whether he even had […]
Letters Open Doors
Dear Reader….In honor of Universal Letter Writing Week, I want to share this precious story about an unlikely connection that came about through a letter in the mail. Young girl receives a sweet letter from Windsor Castle after dressing up as the Queen with her corgis Katherine Gannon Jan 2 2022 A young […]
Song of Songs
New Book Release- “I’m so pleased to announce that the book I’ve worked on for five years is here at last. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about it: Song of Songs is a unique book of the Bible that has delighted its readers for centuries, while at the same time challenging artists, theologians, […]
We the People…
Here’s a little known story about the United States Constitution. First, let’s review the preamble after the words: “We the People… “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves […]
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