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A Grateful Action

March 18, 2025 By Carol

Dear Reader, How are you holding up amidst all this chaos in our daily lives? I’m someone who likes to take action. Having purpose and connecting with community makes me feel less alone and afraid. I’ll admit, I am afraid. I am overwhelmed by the heartlessness, cruelty, and insanity of America’s new government. We used […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, thank you notes, Timothy Snyder

Send a Postcard

January 24, 2025 By Carol

Bishop Mariann Budde is being attacked by MAGA for asking Trump to show mercy on Americans who are frightened by his deportation policies and other decrees.  There is a campaign to send her a postcard of support for her sermon of love and for her courage. Her address is- The Rt. Revd. Mariann Edgar Budde, […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News

“Love Jimmy”

August 29, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader, Isn’t this a great photograph? And what a smile! James Baldwin would have turned 100 this month. His incredible take on life, his writing, his astute cultural commentary are all timeless contributions.  This past summer, in honor of this great author, Yale’s Beinecke Library showcased the exhibit: “Love Jimmy”-Letters from James Baldwin to […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals, Postcards Tagged With: Another Country, Anthony Barboza/Getty, James Baldwin, Lilly Library, Lucien Happerberber, Marshall Plan, Mary Painter, Paris, pen friends, Walter and Linda Evans, Yale's Beinecke Library

Writing letters is what we do!

August 7, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader, WARNING -this post has political implications! Please note: It is nonpartisan. It is all about voting. If you are like me, you may be anxious about this November’s election. If you want to “Do Something” more than merely donate to some candidate or cause, here’s an idea. Write letters to voters. Invite them […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Letters Shape Opinions, MAKES SENSE, Special Occasions Tagged With: 2024 election, cursive mail art, handwritten letters, Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk, Marcela Valdes, nonvoters, Scott Forman, The American Nonvoter, Vote Forward

My New Pen Pal

June 7, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader,  During this past year, I participated in a pen pal program sponsored by a local chapter of The Agency on Aging. I was given the name of a young girl, an 8th grader at a nearby middle school. We exchanged letters once a month. She had the double challenge of not only having […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Pen pals, Special Occasions Tagged With: cursive writing, Keep Writing Letters, pen pals, The Agency on Aging

National Handwriting Day

January 23, 2024 By Carol

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 […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: calligraphy, Common Core Standards, cursive handwriting, Margaret Shepherd, National Handwriting Day, Paco Yao, Quire Publishing BV, Randy Pausch, The Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, wikihow.life

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

“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

Letters to the Earth

April 22, 2023 By Carol

Dear Fellow Earthlings, Today I am sending out a challenge to write a letter to the Earth.  I will write one this week.  If you write yours and would like to share it, please send it to me at connect@writealetter.org and I will post it here. You may also wish to submit your letter to […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Projects for Kids, Special Occasions Tagged With: Anna Hope, Climate Crisis, Earth Day, Jo McInnes, Kay Michael, letters to the Earth, Naomi Wirthner

Addie and Rebecca

February 27, 2023 By Carol

Addie and Rebecca were pen pals during the mid-19th century. They were free black women who navigated the turbulent times during America’s Reconstruction Era. Addie Brown, born in 1841, was orphaned early in life and as a result she joined the working class as a domestic servant. Five years older, Rebecca Primus was born in […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals Tagged With: 1854-1868, Addie Brown, America's Reconstruction Era, Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends, Elizabeth Correia, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Hartford, Rebecca Primus, Royal Oak

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