Dear Reader, Valentine’s Day is just one week away. So much is going on, it is easy to lose track. Are you having difficulty keeping up? I am. Can you think about someone or two who could use a little love? …Just about everyone you meet, right? “Time goes by so fast, people go in […]
The Year of the Snake 2025
Happy Chinese New Year, dear Reader. The Snake is this year’s featured animal. Shy, cautious, mysterious and fluid. Snake has the ability to transform as new growth forces the shedding of the old skin. Intelligence and adaptability are other noteworthy qualities. Snake can be cool and aloof. In Nature, snakes are introverted. They generally won’t […]
Day #4
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. A rousing orator, pastor, and the chief spokesman for non-violent civil disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950’s and 60’s. He was an outstanding leader for racial equality. He embraced the poor, both black and white. He was a […]
ready, set…GO!
Day #1- Hello Dear Reader, Universal Letter Writing Week begins today. YAY! Here I am ready to get started. Won’t you pick up your pen and join me. The goal is one letter a day for 7 days…However, it works for you. See you tomorrow. Happy letter writing, Carol _____________________________________________________ Help LA wildfires: […]
Juneteenth…
Dear Reader, Since the news of freedom was slow to reach the farthest corners of Texas, I feel OK posting this a few days later. Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. It took two years for the federal troops to reach Galveston, Texas to tell those enslaved there that they were freed. […]
Gemstone Valentines
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear Reader. I hope that you will receive many, many red envelopes in your mailbox, and/or- you will feel appreciated in all the ways love is expressed to you today. Now, I want to introduce you to Donovan Beeson. She is the artist who designed these Gemstone Valentines. To say that she […]
My Dear Friend Valentine Campaign
Dear Reader, Once again, The Glamour Gals Foundation is determined to generate smiles among isolated seniors in care homes. This is a great campaign. I apologize for this late posting. The deadline to send a card is this Friday, February 9th. So if you sign on quickly, you’ll be assigned a name to send a […]
National Handwriting Day
Dear Reader…Just days after a week of letter writing, now we spotlight “National Handwriting Day.” January 23rd is the day set aside annually to celebrate handwriting. Isn’t it great that both letter writing and handwriting are features of early January along with new beginnings and resolutions? Maybe there’s a hidden nudge for us to handwrite […]
Christmas Card History
Hit replay to start: “World’s First Christmas Card.”
Write it down
Happy Halloween Dear Reader. To honor this holiday, let’s take a walk in the graveyard. Memento mori. Last week, I attended Richard Friswell’s fascinating library lecture, “Graven Images, Colonial New England Gravestones as Art and History.” As he explained, the imagery on the gravestones directly correlated to the early settlers’ relationship with Death. Samuel and Lydia […]
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