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Be the change…

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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 […]

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 […]

Letters to Self

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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 […]

Women Letter Carriers

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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 […]

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 […]

Addie and Rebecca

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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 […]

Three Centuries of Valentines

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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 […]

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 […]