August 12, 2013 I was considering a post on “The Art of Letter Writing” and then I received my latest issue of The Postal Record. Voila! Speaking of artistic letters, The Graceful Envelope Contest takes Mail Art to museum heights. This contest is sponsored by The National Association of Letter Carriers in conjunction with The […]
Father’s Day just ahead…
June 12, 2013 Some of the best letters shared within a family never need any postage. These are the ones slipped into a lunch box or pasted onto a mirror or the dashboard of the car. A child’s drawing or a simple “I love you” are “worth their weight in the gold of family harmony.” […]
National Food Drive this Saturday
May 7, 2013
“Fire in the Belly”
March 24, 2013 logo courtesy of deliveringforamerica.com Today was the National Day of Action for USPS postal employees. NALC President Fredric Rolando called upon the letter carriers across the country to come out and protest Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. I joined approximately 200 people, mostly letter carriers, on the […]
Letters Mingle Souls
Cherry Blossom Celebration!
March 28, 2012 Springtime in Washington, D.C. is a celebration of the budding beauty of cherry blossoms. There is an annual Cherry Blossom Festival which is scheduled in April. This year, however, with an unusually mild winter and an early spring, the cherry trees are in blossom now, a whole month ahead of schedule! Last […]
Occupy the Dream
January 16, 2012 Today we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. His words, his dream of a better world with an end to poverty and racism, and his belief in non-violent protest even in the face of violence -all of these are as alive today as they were in the 1960’s! The “Poor People’s […]
National Letter Writing Week begins today!
January 8, 2012 Today begins National Letter Writing Week in the U.S. Hailie Vuolo shouts “Write a Letter!” Wherever you are, use the momentum to pen a letter to someone. A thank you note is always a good way to start.
PRAISE them in writing!
May 15, 2011 This time of year calls up many festive celebrations with ample opportunities to sing someone’s praises! Now here’s an amazing fact: You get more bang for your buck by singing someone’s praises than by soothing their bruises! -Dr. Shelly Gable, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Praise, positive reinforcement, the congratulations: “Good job, way to […]
“A Boy of Uncommon Natural Talents”
February 12, 2011 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday When I read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals, I was utterly astonished by how little formal education Abraham Lincoln had received. He admitted his schooling “did not amount to a year.” Yet, being “a Boy of uncommon Natural talents,” as his stepmother described him, young Lincoln formulated a program for […]
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