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Universal Letter Writing Week

January 9, 2025 By Carol

  Each year, Universal Letter Writing Week  falls on the second full week of January. This opportunity occurs between January 12th through the 18th, 2025. “Universal” means we can join other letter writers from around the globe to do what we love, write letters. Dear Reader, I am sending you this notice in advance, so […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Gift wrapped words, loneliness, Margaret Shepherd, My Dear Friend, Universal Letter Writing Week

Margaret Shepherd’s New Book

July 4, 2024 By Carol

Happy Birthday America Margaret Shepherd has given us a gift that is uniquely American. This is the book, Margaret explains in the preface, that she wished someone would write. So, after decades of searching, she wrote it herself. Learn American Calligraphy offers us an expansive view of America through her letterforms. This richly illustrated book […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Handwriting Tagged With: Hank Aarons, Learn American Calligraphy, Levi Strauss, Margaret Shepherd, Michael Sull, Palmer Method handwriting, Robert Crumb, Sull’s Manual of Advanced Penmanship, Zap Comix

National Handwriting Day

January 23, 2024 By Carol

Dear Reader…Just days after a week of letter writing, now we spotlight “National Handwriting Day.” January 23rd is the day set aside annually to celebrate handwriting. Isn’t it great that both letter writing and handwriting are features of early January along with new beginnings and resolutions? Maybe there’s a hidden nudge for us to handwrite […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Letter Writing in the News Tagged With: calligraphy, Common Core Standards, cursive handwriting, Margaret Shepherd, National Handwriting Day, Paco Yao, Quire Publishing BV, Randy Pausch, The Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, wikihow.life

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

Song of Songs

December 9, 2021 By Carol

  New Book Release-   “I’m so pleased to announce that the book I’ve worked on for five years is here at last. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about it: Song of Songs is a unique book of the Bible that has delighted its readers for centuries, while at the same time challenging artists, theologians, […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Guest Author, Newsflash Tagged With: calligraphy, Love poems from the Bible, Margaret Shepherd, Paracletepress.com, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs

“7 Reasons to Write Letters”

April 5, 2021 By Carol

…If you are not familiar with The Postman Knocks, then you are in for a treat! Margaret Shepherd recommended Lindsay Bugbee’s website, so there’s a nod of approval if ever I saw one.  Lindsay’s TPK is always visually gorgeous. Her interest in inspiring us is continuously channeled into her multiple lessons and videos. If you would […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Pen pals, Stationery Tagged With: calligraphy, conversation with a friend, digital detox, Elegant and Effective Letter Writing tips, letter writing, letters as gifts, Letters as therapy, letters for tangible memories, letters make an impression, letters reconnect in a considerate way, Lindsay Bugbee, luddite, Mail Art, Margaret Shepherd, snail mail, The Art of Snail Mail, The Letter Writer's Complete Resource, the postman knocks

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

Nuts ‘n Bolts

July 13, 2019 By Carol

As promised, I want to continue the story surrounding The Write Way. I can’t remember exactly what inspired the idea. I believe it came to me while I was delivering the mail. Perhaps, someone told me that a gift was sent and it was never acknowledged, as no response ever arrived. Or, maybe an email […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, The Write Way Tagged With: assistance for seniors, bar mitzvahs, condolence responses, funeral homes, library talks, Margaret Shepherd, marketing the service, SCORE, showers, small business, sole proprietor, thank you notes, the write way, trade name, weddings

introducing “The Write Way”

June 12, 2019 By Carol

“If you can’t write it yourself, then get someone else to write a letter for you.”                  -Willie Perdomo This one sentence could be the mission statement for my fledgling new business- The Write Way. If people can’t write those thank you notes themselves for whatever reason, be […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, The Write Way Tagged With: "time famine", 21st Century Writing Masters, Adam Schwartz, bunnies, Carolann McCarthy, Chris Gavin, Donald Fleming, emails, Gail Greenberg, good penmanship, handwritten thank you notes, illiteracy, Jennifer Isham, John Molish, Kitty Burns Florey, letter writing service, love of writing letters, Lynda Barber, Margaret Shepherd, Mike Sistrunk, Newlyweds, Rosalie Maggio, Sandra Beckman, text messages and tweets, the write way, Willie Perdomo, writing masters

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