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February 8, 2025 By Carol

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 […]

Filed Under: Greeting Cards, Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: Cheers (TV Show), Glamour Gals Foundation, Masala Cards, My Dear Friend, Todd Smith-flea notes, Valentine's Day

The Year of the Snake 2025

January 29, 2025 By Carol

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 […]

Filed Under: Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: Ancient Palestinian Genesis story, Joseph Campbell, Michelangelo Garden of Eden, paradise, Primitive Mythology-The Masks of God, Thierry Chow Hong Kong feng shui consultant, Vatican City Rome, Year of the Snake

Day #4

January 15, 2025 By Carol

  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 […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: Civil Rights Movement, higher angels, Martin Luther King Jr.

ready, set…GO!

January 12, 2025 By Carol

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: […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Pen pals, Special Occasions Tagged With: Universal Letter Writing Week

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

Juneteenth…

June 24, 2024 By Carol

  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. […]

Filed Under: Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: "Moses", Emancipation Proclamation, Harriet Tubman, Juneteenth, Linda Mickens

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

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

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

Christmas Card History

December 20, 2023 By Carol

Hit replay to start: “World’s First Christmas Card.”

Filed Under: Greeting Cards, Holiday, Special Occasions Tagged With: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Henry Cole, holiday greetings, John Horsley, Penny Post, Queen Victoria, The Postal Museum

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