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Letters to Pope Francis

December 24, 2017 By Carol

December 23, 2017  Kids write letters to Santa. They also write letters to Pope Francis. With “Dear Santa,” they generally have a list of stuff they’d like to own. With “Dear Pope Francis” they look for answers to “make sense of the world.” Regardless of how you feel about religion, Pope Francis is a unique […]

Filed Under: Books, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: childrens drawings, guardian angels, Letters to Pope Francis, Letters to Santa, Pope Francis, soccer, tango

Einstein’s wisdom

October 24, 2017 By Carol

  More letters at auction!…This time they were written by Albert Einstein during a visit he made to Tokyo in 1922. A courier arrived at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo to deliver a message to Mr. Einstein.  By way of a tip, he wrote the above notes for the messenger. The top note says in German […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: 1922, a quiet modest life brings more joy, AFP, Albert Einstein, Getty Images, Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Menahem Kahana, Nobel Prize for Physics, where there's a will, www.Independent.co.uk, www.msn.com

A Most Expensive Letter

October 22, 2017 By Carol

  Letters make the news again with this “My dear Mother” note written on the Titanic’s official stationery.  Alexander Oskar Holverson, an American businessman, wrote to his mom the day before the Titanic sank. This letter was found on Mr. Holverson’s person. The fact that the ink did not run is miraculous. Those stains are […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: April 13 1912, Henry Aldridge & Son/Handout, Jeff Belanger, Letters preserve memories, Mr. Alexander Oskar Holverson, My dear Mother, paranormal researcher, Titanic letter

120 Handwritten Letters of Encouragement

October 21, 2017 By Carol

October 21, 2017…..A story appeared in the news last week, that illustrates all that I love about letter writing! Logan Pullin, a teacher at Bay Middle School in BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss., wrote individual letters of encouragement to all the students in the current senior class. These were handwritten and hand delivered. Mr. Pullin began his […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Anna Grace Boxx, Bay Middle School, Bay St. Louis Miss., Biloxi Sun Herald, Daley Bell, encouragement, gesture of gratitude, handwritten, John Fitzhugh, keepsake, Logan Pullin, pep cheers, Robert Williams

The Letter Project

September 26, 2017 By Carol

    Everything that relates to letter writing grabs my interest. So when I heard about “The Letter Project,” I wanted to learn more. My friend, Adam Schwartz, put me in touch with Sally Pearson (pictured above) and that is how I discovered this women-supporting-each-other effort with encouraging letters at the core. The project is […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: confidence, encouragement, Indiana University, Involvement Fair, just-because mail, letter writing, Sally Pearson, The Letter Project, ToLoveOurselves, Whitney Saxon

“Doing the Write Thing”

December 4, 2016 By Carol

December 4, 2016 If you ever have doubts about the power of the written word, then I suggest you review Amnesty International’s Freedom Writers’ Campaign. I have been a member of Amnesty International for many years. I have sent letters to foreign leaders, petitioning them to release a “prisoner of conscience.” Someone who simply took […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash Tagged With: Amnesty International, change lives, Doing the Write Thing, Freedom Writer, human rights, justice, letter writing, power of the written word, prisoner of conscience, Write for Rights Campaign

Dear Father Christmas

December 17, 2015 By Carol

  In celebration of National Letter Writing Day, Letters Live asked celebrities to write a letter to Santa. Above is a heartfelt one from Benedict Cumberbatch to Father Christmas. Letters Live was inspired by Shaun Usher’s international best-selling Letters of Note series, Letters Live is a live celebration of the enduring power of literary correspondence.  Every year, Letters […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, celebrities letters, Father Christmas, handwritten letters, Letters Live, Letters of Noel, Letters of Note, literary correspondence, Shaun Usher, the guardian

Write For Rights 2015

December 9, 2015 By Carol

WRITE A LETTER. CHANGE A LIFE. DECEMBER 4 – 18, 2015 (OR RIGHT NOW!) Your hand-written letters, combined with hundreds of thousands of others from around the world, can change the lives of this year’s 12 cases. Become part of the largest grassroots human rights event in the world by signing up to either host […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash Tagged With: Amnesty International, change a life, grassroots campaign, hand-written letters, human rights event, letter writing party, Write for Rights

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