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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

Holiday Greetings

December 13, 2017 By Carol

Holiday greeting cards, do they still matter? Yes, they do. The US Postal Service estimates that out of the 20+ billion pieces of mail they handle between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day,  1.5 billion are attributed to holiday cards! Let’s face it, the end of the year is overflowing with holidays, feast days, celebrations and […]

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Tips for Writing Love Letters

February 3, 2014 By Carol

Tips for Writing Love Letters Create atmosphere- To focus your attention on the person you are writing to, eliminate distractions. Give yourself the space to discover how you feel. Bring them to mind with a photograph or some memento, and, then have a conversation with them on the page. Be natural. Content- Think about what […]

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The Multifaceted Art of Writing Letters

September 16, 2013 By Carol

September 16, 2013 Much has been written about the “Lost Art of Letter Writing and Handwriting.” Yes, it is rare to see a handwritten address in one’s daily mail. And, yes, cursive writing is disappearing from school curriculum.  But is the art of writing letters really “lost,”  like the Holy Grail, or gone the way […]

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Why (writing) letters still matter

August 5, 2013 By Carol

August 5, 2013 I have thought about this subject at length, and have written a variety of drafts to explain “Why letters still matter.” Basically, at the end of the day, when all of our gadgets have been shut off, we are still just human.  Yep, we’re human beings with all those messy uncomfortable feelings […]

Filed Under: Content, Handwriting Tagged With: desire to connect, exclusivity, gift of time, globally, grief, handwritten expression, honor a friend, Human contact, human is precious, human touch, impersonal, joy, just human, letters are magic, letters still matter, love, love letters, real letters, real mail, sadness, sameness, special to me, uncomfortable feelings, write a letter

“instant thanks…”

July 28, 2013 By Carol

July 28, 2013 Speaking of gratitude,  words of thanks are always best expressed in a note or card.  There’s something magical about sending a thank you note. Think about it: someone took the time to think of you with a gift.  Acknowledging that gesture with your handwritten words on paper is reciprocal and has real […]

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Mom’s Day, May 13th

May 10, 2012 By Carol

May 10, 2012 Have you mailed your Mom a card?  A “real card?”  Putting your love in writing lasts longer than flowers and chocolates. Chances are your Mom will save your “real card,” and reread it. If you are at a loss for words, you can recall a memory of closeness and say: “Thanks for […]

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: gift of time, love and appreciation, Mother's Day, put it in writing, real card

“Just a note to say I care…”

March 30, 2012 By Carol

March 30, 2012 …It was a year ago, I had major surgery for cancer.  In celebration of my anniversary and my clean bill of health, I want to finish the post I started: “How to Write a Get Well Letter.” Being in their shoes…You know, this culture values us by how productive we are.  Multitasking […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: cancer, cards, challenging health condition, encouragement, finding the right words, flowers, full recovery, gift of time, healing process, How to write a get well note, humor, illness, J. Beverly Daniel, keep them in the loop, Laughter is the best medicine, Letter Writing Handbook, love, major surgery, Margaret Sheperd, morale booster, need for privacy, Robert W. Bly, speedy recovery, support, The Art of the Personal Letter, unproductive

“Letters from the Heart”

February 20, 2012 By Carol

February 20, 2012 With Valentine’s Day behind us,  I’d like to expand the energy and talk about “Letters from the Heart.” These could be love letters, letters of appreciation, affection,  encouragement, gratitude, friendship, and even sympathy…Now, we can discuss a connection mindset without the backdrop of a commercially motivated holiday. “Letters from the Heart”  are always love […]

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The gift of time

December 19, 2011 By Carol

December 19, 2011 In need of a last minute gift suggestion? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: clean out the gutters, elderly, frazzled new parents, gift list, gift of time, give your all, last minute gift, lavish dinner, make a date, muscle, organize a closet, pretty card, promise, talent, write a description

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