This election year has inspired so many impressive and marvelous handmade campaign posters. Elections are super emotional events. Folks overcome their inhibitions and get out poster paints and cardboard to express their love for their desired candidate or cause. I love the variety and homespun fervor that gushes into campaign posters. […]
John Hancock’s Original Quill!
I deliver mail to Worthington Hooker Middle School in New Haven. One day last Spring, I was delighted to find a display in the main lobby of different artifacts in their own dioramas. The assignment had the flavor of a Ripley’s Believe-it-or-not. The students were to chose an object, design a display, and […]
Maya Angelou Mural
Maya Angelou Memorial Mural on the corner of Orchard & Henry Streets in New Haven, CT Painted by Dooley-O.com I love this mural. Not only is it a sensitively rendered likeness of Maya Angelou with a knowing expression, two of her “real quotes” frame her portrait, along with the some colorful local graffiti. I can’t […]
A Christmas Carol
December 22, 2014 On a recent trip to downtown New Haven, I discovered a marvelous Christmas display of paper cutouts in a variety of shop windows. The best arrangement is in Claire’s Corner Copia, a vegetarian restaurant on the corner of Chapel and College Streets. There I spotted this scene from Dicken’s Christmas Carol. […]
A Million Mile Award
November 24, 2014 Last Friday, 44 New Haven city letter carriers were acknowledged by The National Safety Council for a minimum of 30 years with a safe driving record.That sets the criteria for The Million Mile Club. At first, I took it literally, and wondered: “If the truck clocked 1,000,000 miles, how many […]
The Writing Master in paper!!!
May 5, 2013 I am so pleased to announce that The Writing Master is, at long last, coming out in paperback TODAY!!! Hip, hip, hooray! Yes, I downloaded the e-book version and wandered briefly, into the 1850’s with the story, but call me “old-fashioned,” I like a book as a companion I can carry with […]
The Writing Master
May 6, 2012 I am quite excited to tell you about The Writing Master! Script & Scribble‘s author, Kitty Burns Florey, once again enchants us with the power of the handwritten word through the hand that scripts it. This Victorian novel is based on the life of Charles Cooper, a penman who lives in in […]
Postcard Rally #1
July 22, 12010 About a year ago, in an effort to remind the public of the joys of sending postcards, a few of the letter carriers at the New Haven, Connecticut Post Office held a postcard rally. The beautiful postcards of the Connecticut shoreline and attractions were donated by the New Haven Visitors Bureau. The […]