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? […]
Mundane Miracles
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 […]
Universal Letter Writing Week
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 […]
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The Year of Delight
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 […]
“Now I’m Dead”
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 […]
New Postal Rates
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 […]
Letters to Self
Dear Reader, Here is another “Guest Author” treat from Colette. Her Letters to Self is such a thoughtful idea to fulfil her personal wish to continue receiving mail from foreign places -way into the future. She’s right, it’s brilliant! Ever since I learned how to write, I have had pen pals. The French nuns at […]
Three Centuries of Valentines
Three Centuries of Valentines Offer 12,000 Ways to Say ‘I Love You’ -The New York Times By Eve M. Kahn Feb. 13, 2018 Paper Valentines spanning three centuries of optimism about romance have been delivered to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. The collection of about 12,000 cards was assembled […]
Attention Letter Writers
U.S. Postal Rate Hike in January Stock up on ‘forever’ stamps before the price rises by John Waggoner, AARP, Updated December 8, 2022 GETTY IMAGES/AARP En español The U.S. Postal Service will raise the price of a first-class “forever” stamp from 60 cents to 63 cents on Jan. 22, a 5 percent increase. A first-class stamp covers the cost […]
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