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“Now I’m Dead”

August 16, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader, Recently, the Letter Exchange posed the question, “how do you want to alert your pen friends that you are deceased?” While I was considering various approaches, I came across this video. It is too precious not to share it. The transcript is copied below… British journalist Caitlin Moran wrote this letter to her […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals Tagged With: Caitlin Moran, Letters Live, pen friends, The Letter Exchange, YouTube

New Postal Rates

July 9, 2023 By Carol

Hello Reader- Well here we are with yet another postage stamp increase. Yes, we just had one back in January, and now only 6 months later, a first class stamp will cost another 3 cents. “Argue with reality, you’ll always lose,” the saying goes. There’s no sense complaining about it. And, compared to the rest […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: "Selvage", Dovovan Beeson, postage stamps, stamp increase, US Postal Service

Dottie’s Wedding

June 6, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader- I subscribe to a couple of good news-letters that offer stories that often make me smile. Here’s an article from the DONUT. I think it will make your day. 💒 I do – the ultimate act of self love Tuesday, May 23, 2023                      […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CBS Evening News, Dottie Fedeli, Goshen OH, Kailyn Toussaint, KCEN News, O'Bannon Terrace Retirement Home, self-love, Steve Hartman, the DONUT

Be the change…

May 21, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader-  During this past month, I have grappled with the challenge of writing a letter to Mother Earth. Surely one needs to thank the hostess for her hospitality after a visit, and for the food and the accommodations provided. So, what is my difficulty with saying: “thanks?” Well, without fully understanding the CO2 emissions […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ariana Grande, Chris Hedges, CO2 emissions, Diet for a Small Planet, Ellen DeGeneres, Emma Thompson, Frances Moore Lappe, Global North, Greta Thunberg, James Cromwell, Jan Barber, Jared Leto, letters to the Earth, Love Our Mother, Mahatma Gandhi, Paul McCarthy, plant-based diet, Scott Jurek, Strevie Wonder, The Climate Book, Vegan

Letters to the Earth

April 22, 2023 By Carol

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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Projects for Kids, Special Occasions Tagged With: Anna Hope, Climate Crisis, Earth Day, Jo McInnes, Kay Michael, letters to the Earth, Naomi Wirthner

Letters to Self

April 17, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader, Here is another “Guest Author” treat from Colette. Her Letters to Self  is such a thoughtful idea to fulfil her personal wish to continue receiving mail from foreign places -way into the future. She’s right, it’s brilliant! Ever since I learned how to write, I have had pen pals.  The French nuns at […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Journaling, Pen pals, Stationery Tagged With: Chronicle Press, Colette, Convent school, French penpals, guest author, handwritten letters, Lea Redmond, letter writing, Letters to My Future Self, letters to self, National Letter Writing Month

Women Letter Carriers

March 30, 2023 By Carol

Dear Reader, Women’s History Month is nearly over.  I promised myself that I would sing praises for women letter carriers in these final March moments. So, here are some stories…. In our current culture, it is not unusual to see a woman driving a postal truck or approaching your door with a large mailbag on […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Post Office News Tagged With: Jeannette Lea, Megan Brennan, National Postal Museum, President Kennedy, Sarah Black, The Postal Record, Women Letter Carriers, Women's History Month

VERMEER’s Letters

March 15, 2023 By Carol

  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 […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Newsflash, Special Occasions Tagged With: A Lady Writing, Amsterdam, audiobook, Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window, Johannes Vermeer, Lady Writing with Her Maid, Mauritshuis in Den Haag, Mistress and Maid, Rijksmuseum, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Love Letter, Tracy Chevalier, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

Addie and Rebecca

February 27, 2023 By Carol

Addie and Rebecca were pen pals during the mid-19th century. They were free black women who navigated the turbulent times during America’s Reconstruction Era. Addie Brown, born in 1841, was orphaned early in life and as a result she joined the working class as a domestic servant. Five years older, Rebecca Primus was born in […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals Tagged With: 1854-1868, Addie Brown, America's Reconstruction Era, Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends, Elizabeth Correia, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Hartford, Rebecca Primus, Royal Oak

Three Centuries of Valentines

February 14, 2023 By Carol

Three Centuries of Valentines Offer 12,000 Ways to Say ‘I Love You’    -The New York Times By Eve M. Kahn Feb. 13, 2018 Paper Valentines spanning three centuries of optimism about romance have been delivered to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. The collection of about 12,000 cards was assembled […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Greeting Cards, Guest Author, Holiday, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: Antique Valentines, Civil War Valentines, Cut -paper Valentine, Elizabeth Cobbold, Ester Howlend card, Eve M. Kahn, Fraktur labyrinth Valentine, Nancy Rosin, romance, The Huntington Library-Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, The New York Times, Three Centuries of Valentines, Vinegar Valentine

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