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Song of Songs

February 7, 2023 By Carol

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Special Occasions, Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Schwartz, ancient love poems, Bible, David Friend, David Friend Hall, Margaret Shepherd, Paraclete Press, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Sarah Lawrence, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, St. Botolph Club, The Art of the Handwritten Note, The Art of the Personal Letter, Valentine's Day, Yale Divinity School, Yale University

“The Happiness Challenge”

January 2, 2023 By Carol

  Happy New Year Dear Readers.  I must confess the challenge of this New Year’s moment has overwhelmed me. Much like the 2 faced Roman god Janus who starts off the year with Janu-ary, I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I am still writing holiday greetings, and the thought of jotting down my […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Holiday, Letter Writing in the News, MAKES SENSE, Pen pals, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andres Kudacki/Associated Press, happiness, Harvard Study of Adult Development, Jancee Dunn, Janus the Roman god of beginnings, Lauren Jackson, New Year's Eve 2022, New York Times The Morning, Roseann Manley, The Good Life by Dr. Robert Waldinger, Times Square-NYC

My Books Like to Travel

December 11, 2022 By Carol

Hello Reader- David Sedaris standing on that park bench prompted the following response from Colette.  I was so impressed with her “My Books Like to Travel” story, I’ve included it for you to enjoy also… -CC David Sedaris is one of my favorite persons on the planet!!!  I have read all his books and saw him […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animal cruelty, Battersea Park in London, Colette, David Sedaris, My Books Like To Travel, Raleigh North Carolina, Siri Hustved, To my new vegetarian friend, What I Loved

And, the winner is…

November 9, 2022 By Carol

Dear Reader- With the blood moon lunar eclipse conjunct Uranus, squaring Saturn, and opposing the Sun and Mercury today, it is no wonder that the results of the midterm elections could be unpredictable in places.  All of the above, translates into uncertainty. And, still the “talking heads” attempt to see into the future. To add […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Juicy Gossip, Uncategorized Tagged With: full moon, Gypsies Fortune, Madame Gypsy, Midterm elections, New Britain CT, The Carousel Museum

“The pen is mightier than the sword”

March 21, 2022 By Carol

Dear Reader- If you’re like me, feeling anxious and helpless around the crisis in Ukraine, I have a suggestion. First donate if you can. And then pick up your pen to protect our fragile American democracy. The midterm elections in this country will be happening in a few quick months. How our government works or […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Letters Shape Opinions, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote, democracy at stake, Georgia and Florida, handwritten letters, Hard to Vote, ID requirements, John Lewis, John Lewis Voting Rights Act S.4263, Mary Kate McDevitt, motivate voters, pen is mightier than the sword, Southern Poverty law Center, SPLC, Vote Forward, vote-by-mail, voter suspression, voting rights, voting rights are human rights

Hot Potato: How to Make Your Vote Count

September 5, 2020 By Carol

Originally, I wrote “Hot Potato’ for my Connecticut neighbors.  Then I realized, of course- EVERYONE NEEDS TO HOT POTATO THEIR BALLOT because of the serious problems the post office is having with delayed mail…   Hot Potato: How to Make Your Vote Count A recent headline shouts: “1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late.” (NYT- […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash, Uncategorized Tagged With: 1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, absentee ballot requests, Absentee ballots, allowable designee, Am I registered to vote?, COVID-19, Hot Potato, How to Make Your Vote Count, New York Times, Official ballot drop box, polling places, post office, voting by mail, Will You Have Enough Time to Vote by Mail in Your State?

Return to Sender

August 25, 2020 By Carol

In my 33 year experience as a letter carrier, postal management would generally find purpose in fixing things that weren’t broken. The resultant  chaos would throw workers off balance and erode productivity. Every new boss would try to “reinvent the wheel.”  Occasionally, a new manager would work with the employees, but that was a rarity. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1st Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin, connect the colionies, Covid-19 pandemic, david Sirota, letter carrier, letter sorting machines, Louis DeJoy, mail sorting equipment, Mitch McConnell, national heritage, polygraph machine, Postmaster General, Return to Sender, The Goodfellas Scheme to Destroy the Post Office, Trump, undelivered perishables, USPS, wrecking ball

Look and Touch History

January 27, 2020 By Carol

Correction on previous post- “National Handwriting Day” and  John Hancock’s birthday is actually January 23rd (not the 26th).  Yet since I have your attention, allow me to offer the added bonus to “Look and Touch History with John Hancock’s Original Quill.”  This project was designed by middle-school student, Ken Ellis back in 2015. Master Ellis […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Declaration of Independence, John Handcock's Original Quill, Ken Ellis, King George III, Look and Touch History, National Handwriting Day

Penmanship Revisited

January 26, 2020 By Carol

Today is John Hancock’s birthday. Let’s celebrate by talking about penmanship. Last month a friend sent me an article featuring a business with robots writing thank you notes. Human handwriting is being mimicked, complete with smudges. “Grrrrr,” I say.  We’ve come to that? Everything has become so fake. To counteract that robot story, a current […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Special Occasions, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brenna Jordan, calligraphy, Coca Cola, Ford's logo, handwriting revisited, John Hancock, Kindle, Megan Markle, Michael Sull, Nook, penmanship, Spencerian penmanship, The Art of Cursive Penmanship, The Lost Art of Handwriting, the postmans knock, wedding invitations

Pat Yourself on the Back

January 1, 2020 By Carol

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Stationery, Uncategorized

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