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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

Our Post Office is being hijacked

August 21, 2020 By Carol

“They told us not to speak to the press.” Maria, my letter carrier, anxiously blurted out.  She continued saying- that the local postmaster made a rare appearance on the workroom floor today, swooping around in a nervous frenzy, cautioning the carriers to “keep mum.” I relayed to Maria, that when I was a carrier, if […]

Filed Under: Content, News clipping, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: APWU, COVID-19, Etienne Laurent/EPA, GeorgeW.Bush, mail carrier in El Paso Texas, Moveon.org, national treasure, Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images, Post Office is being hijacked, Postmaster General DeJoy, prefunding mandate, protestors at Pasadena post office, the guardian, Trump, United States Postal Service, usmailnotforsale.org, vote-by-mail

Having a Pen Pal is Healthy for You

July 30, 2020 By Carol

Dear Reader, There IS a letter writing resurgence happening as a result of the global pandemic. Here’s a great article written by  a 20-something.  Mr. Salama is taking a break from the screens and is finding comfort by reaching out to friends with handwritten letters. He says he’ll keep writing as long as someone writes […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Stationery Tagged With: break from the screen, creative exercise, Every Day the River Changes, fun, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, global quarantine, Jordan Salama, letter writing, Love in the Time of Cholera, New york Times Opinion, pen pals, riflepaperco.com, Sara Ariel Wong, Saturday Evening Post, The Letter Exchange, US Postal Service, Zoom calls

Snail Mail to the Rescue

July 14, 2020 By Carol

Dear Reader- Letter writing is making a comeback! People are seeking the comfort of the deeper connection that comes with a handwritten letter during this time of global uncertainty.  Supportive articles abound. In case you didn’t see this one, I’m posting it here, and I’ll send more as I find them. Keep the ink flowing! […]

Filed Under: Content, Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash Tagged With: Brianca Hadnot, Brianca Jay., Christianna Wincek, coronavirus, George Floyd, Justin Hodges, Kathlene Postma, Katie Case, Kenzie Myer, Laura Stanfill, Letters Against Isolation, Mail Art, Ronan Bowie, snail mail, Snail Mail Is Getting People Through This Time, Soren Bowie, sympathy cards, The New York Times, Tove Danovich, United States Postal Service, Zoom

Making News

June 25, 2020 By Carol

Randall Beach writes: Sending out your thoughts during this pandemic June 23, 2020 Updated: June 24, 2020 11:34 a.m. Carol Christmas of Hamden, who has a card-writing service, offers advice on writing condolence cards in this time of many deaths from COVID-19.  Photo: Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media Carol Christmas sat on her front porch in […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Post Office News, Special Occasions, The Write Way Tagged With: condolence notes, Covid-19 pandemic, death-denying culture, gift of time, grief-stricken, handwriting, Hearst Connecticut Media, Margaret Shepherd, Peter Hvizdak, Randall Beach, The Art of the Personal Letter: A Guide to Connecting Through the Written Word, The New Haven Register, the write way

Expressing sorrow

May 31, 2020 By Carol

Yesterday, I wrote a condolence card to a friend. No matter how many of them I write, each one challenges me with an inadequate feeling. What can I say to offer comfort at such a time of grief? Yet words of sympathy are necessary to write especially now- when so many are dying unexpectedly, due […]

Filed Under: Books, Handwriting Tagged With: accidents, AT&T Dallas Cowboys Stadium, charities for the underpriviledge, climate catastrophe, Condolences, Covid-19 pandemic, Dallas Cowboys, death, expressing sorrow, finding the right words, food bank, grief, handwritten notes, J. Beverly Daniel, job loss, loved ones, Margaret Shepherd, Robert W. Bly, Sea Turtle Conservancy, sympathy, The Art of the Personal Letter, Webster's New World Letter Writing Handbook

Save our postal service

May 20, 2020 By Carol

Randall Beach: Save our postal service A U.S. Postal worker makes a delivery with gloves and a mask in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The U.S. Postal Service is keeping post offices open but ensuring customers stay at least 6 feet (2 meters) apart. The agency said it is following guidance from public health experts. […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Post Office News Tagged With: "Faith Matters", A National Treasure, Ben Margot, Carol Christmas, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Dustin Sanfranek, essential workers, Jennifer Kaylin, Judy Doran, Ketchikan Daily News, letter carrier, Matt Rourke, New Haven Register, postal workers, Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Randall Beach, Rev. Allie Perry, thank you notes, the write way, USPS, Van Galligan, voting by mail, Wing Yu

“You are very important to me.”

May 18, 2020 By Carol

    The post office has been the focus of a lot of media attention lately. Much of it is prompted by the financial uncertainly that the USPS finds itself in during this coronavirus pandemic.  At present, there are more questions than answers. Still, postal workers continue to give “essential service” during this crisis. On […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, MAKES SENSE, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: coronavirus pandemic, Emerson Weber, essential workers, Good Morning America, handwritten letters, letter carriers, Megan Brennan, NALC, NPR.org, Paul Barner, thank you notes, The Postal Record, the Postmaster General, USPS

In difficult times…write a letter

April 27, 2020 By Carol

Today I found this post from Midwives of the Soul with this amazing photograph of Tasha Tudor. Like a boat lost in the fog and confusion of these difficult times, some Grandmother wisdom gently guides us like our North Star. My grandmother once gave me a tip: In difficult times, you move forward in small steps. […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, MAKES SENSE Tagged With: difficult times, Elena Mikhalkova, Grandmother's tip, Midwives of the Soul, North Star, small steps, Tasha Tudor, write a letter

Buy some stamps today

April 14, 2020 By Carol

Once again, I must ask you to help “Save the Post Office!” The business closures due to the coronavirus pandemic have reduced mail volume by 50%. The USPS has asked Congress for financial assistance and the Trump administration has refused. Without emergency funding the post office is on the brink of insolvency, and may have […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Main, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: call you congressman, Common Dreams, Marvin Gaye, postal workers, Scooby-Doo, send a card, stamps by mail, Trump administration, USPS, Washington Post, write a letter

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