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The Year of Delight

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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 […]

Letters to the Earth

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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 […]

VERMEER’s Letters

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  Dear Reader,   Have you ever read- The Girl with the Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier? Hollywood made it into a movie. I generally prefer the book. Don’t you? I have listened to and love the audiobook. All the Dutch words are correctly pronounced and with their appropriate accents. Imagine my surprise after recently revisiting […]

Song of Songs

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Dear Reader- Margaret Shepherd’s calligraphy show, “Song of Songs” just opened at Yale’s Divinity School last week. The back story of this event is a curious one, so I thought I’d share it with you…And, in this season of Valentines, it’s easy to talk about some love poetry! In the Spring of 2010, Adam Schwartz […]

Letters to Voters

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Dear Reader- Here we are days after the election and uncertainty still prevails.  If you feel like doing something, I have a suggestion: Write a letter. As you know, letters are my passion. So, I’ve signed up to write letters to voters for that special runoff election in Georgia’s senatorial race. VOTE FORWARD- began this […]

The Royal Fountain Pen

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Dear Reader, In the aura of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, I want to share with you my favorite photo of Elizabeth II.  Here we see her, majestically focused with her white gloves and bejeweled wrists, caught in poised action with her trusty Parker 51,  getting ready to sign- The Writing Equipment Society takes their fountain […]

Write More Letters

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Dear Reader- Once again, I am grateful to Donovan Beeson for her  infinite postal enthusiasm.  She reminds us that April is National Letter Writing Month, and she has created labels galore to help us celebrate. I thought you might be inspired by the infectious energy of her creations. Here’s what she has to say about […]

Penmanship revisited

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Hello Reader,  Valentine’s Day always signals a good reason to put your pen to paper.  And having your message clear and legible will help the recipient know who is playing Cupid. Did you know? In former times, when a man was wooing a young lady, the quality of his penmanship determined whether he even had […]