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National Letter Writing Month

April 12, 2025 By Carol

Think letter writing is passé? Don’t tell these groups… Like-minded enthusiasts come together to promote personal connections through mail In an increasingly digital world, there are groups of people who appreciate the classic written form of communication that relies on the U.S. Mail. These letter writing groups can be found around the world and extend […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: Colorado Correspondence Coalition, Directory of Letter Writing Societies, handwritten letters, Holly Enowski, Letter Writers Society, Megan Donovan, National Letter Writing Month, New York City Letter Writing Society, news.usps, Sonnia Jean Kemmer, The Letter Project, U.S.Mail

What we appreciate, appreciates

November 30, 2024 By Carol

Gratitude What We Appreciate, Appreciates How to find gratitude in challenging times. Posted November 26, 2024 |  Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Whenever one of my students emails me, I always start my reply the same way—with gratitude. Whether they’re asking a question, sharing a concern, or just letting me know something, my first words are always a thank you. […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: appreciation, cynicism, experience-dependent neuroplasticity, gratitude, Lindsey Godwin, Michelle Quirk, neuroscience, positive reinforcement, Psychology Today, Stiller School of Business at Champlain College Vermont

How to Cope

November 7, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader,  During these last three months, I have been writing Letters to Voters. My partner and I wrote 1500 letters to Americans across the country and abroad. This activity kept our anxiety at bay. It was our form of door-knocking. Yesterday’s election results were not what we hoped for. Like many, we were heartbroken […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Newsflash Tagged With: Catherine Price, coping strategies, How to Break Up with Your Phone, How to Feel Alive with Catherine Price, Jenna Abdou, Jennifer Aader, Jill De Haan, Jon Kabat-Zinn, resilience, Serenity Prayer

The Flower Letters

May 9, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader, If you like stories and letters, listen up! The Flower Letters combine engaging stories into  beautifully crafted letters. They would make a great gift idea for Mother’s Day, or for anyone who simply enjoys getting beautiful letters in the mail. Let me know if you treat yourself…Thanks, Carol What are The Flower Letters? […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, News clipping Tagged With: Adventure, Archeology, Mother's Day, mystery, romance, stories told through letters, The Flower Letters

Mundane Miracles

February 1, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader,  “What are you aware of?” was a mantra question a therapist friend used to ask.  We give our devices so much of our attention, much of our world goes by unnoticed. Anna Kode invites us to expand our powers of observation with a pen and a notebook. Who knows? What might seem mundane […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, Handwriting, Journaling, News clipping Tagged With: Ali Cherkis, Anna Kode, digital weariness, Georges Perec, Mundane Miracles, New York Times, observation journaling

Universal Letter Writing Week

January 13, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader,  Universal Letter Writing Week falls every year on the second full week in January. Now we can bring our passion for letter writing to the foreground from January 14 through the 20th.  The following article is a perfect inspiration to set the mood for our letter writing week together…. The Nicest New Year’s […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Special Occasions Tagged With: Carla Ciuffo, Guest Essay, Margaret Renkl, New Year's Resolution 2021, The New York Times, Universal Letter Writing Week, writing desk

Postage Increase January 21, 2024

January 12, 2024 By Carol

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Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: "Selvage", Donovan Beeson, Postage increase

The Year of Delight

January 1, 2024 By Carol

When the World Feels Dark, Seek Out Delight By Catherine Price Here’s an idea for the new year: Let’s make 2024 the year of delight. Does that sound ridiculous, given the state of the world right now? Hear me out. The basic premise of a delight practice (which I learned about in the essay collection […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, News clipping, Special Occasions Tagged With: accentuate the positive, Catherine Price, expressing appreciation, Gratitude practices, How to Feel Alive Newsletter, loneliness epidemic, savoring, Seek Out Delight, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, The Power of Fun, When the World Feels Dark

“Now I’m Dead”

August 16, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader, Recently, the Letter Exchange posed the question, “how do you want to alert your pen friends that you are deceased?” While I was considering various approaches, I came across this video. It is too precious not to share it. The transcript is copied below… British journalist Caitlin Moran wrote this letter to her […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals Tagged With: Caitlin Moran, Letters Live, pen friends, The Letter Exchange, YouTube

New Postal Rates

July 9, 2023 By Carol

Hello Reader- Well here we are with yet another postage stamp increase. Yes, we just had one back in January, and now only 6 months later, a first class stamp will cost another 3 cents. “Argue with reality, you’ll always lose,” the saying goes. There’s no sense complaining about it. And, compared to the rest […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: "Selvage", Dovovan Beeson, postage stamps, stamp increase, US Postal Service

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