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Valentine for Bobby

February 13, 2021 By Carol

“I feel I hold her heart in my hands…holding my mother’s letters. ” -Sherry Turkel, Epilogue- Alone Together, 2011. The kids called him “Mr. Robert.” Bobby’s small creative arts class at a Church daycare was his “passion.” The kids just loved him. He allowed them to be who they are. He let them shine. Together […]

Filed Under: Pen pals Tagged With: Alone Together, Angels In America, Bobby Douglas, Brewery Street, In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak, post office, Sherry Turkel

Hot Potato: How to Make Your Vote Count

September 5, 2020 By Carol

Originally, I wrote “Hot Potato’ for my Connecticut neighbors.  Then I realized, of course- EVERYONE NEEDS TO HOT POTATO THEIR BALLOT because of the serious problems the post office is having with delayed mail…   Hot Potato: How to Make Your Vote Count A recent headline shouts: “1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late.” (NYT- […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash, Uncategorized Tagged With: 1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, absentee ballot requests, Absentee ballots, allowable designee, Am I registered to vote?, COVID-19, Hot Potato, How to Make Your Vote Count, New York Times, Official ballot drop box, polling places, post office, voting by mail, Will You Have Enough Time to Vote by Mail in Your State?

A Prairie Home Companion honors home delivery

December 23, 2013 By Carol

December 23,2013 Just about a week ago, Garrison Keillor sang this marvelous “Mailman Song,”  on “A Prairie Home Companion.” Knowing how hard the letter carriers and clerks have worked these last few months, I feel buoyed by the sentiment expressed in this little dittie…Give a listen, click on this link- “http://minnesota.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/syndicate.php?name=phc/2013/12/14/phc_20131214_128&starttime=00:07:37.0&endtime=00:10:00.0“

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: A Prairie Home Companion, American Public Media, bad news, Garrison Keillor, home delivery, mailman, mailman song, Minnesota public radio, moment of grace, personal touch, post office

Catching Up!

July 31, 2012 By Carol

July 31, 2012 It has been too long, I have to catch up! So, what’s new? July marks the second year  anniversary of Writealetter.org.  I am proud of what’s been accomplished thus far and I am grateful for all the valuable contacts this website has attracted. I find myself  now more strongly committed to supporting […]

Filed Under: Just Talk Tagged With: American Greeting Card Association, anniversary, cellphones, handwritten letters, pen friends, personal correspondence, personal script, political bickering, poor and elderly, post office, Postmaster Donahoe, Rafe Morrissey, rural areas, Special Delivery, texting, USPS

a First Class letter is a bargain!

November 4, 2011 By Carol

November 4, 2011 Carol “c.j.” Petersen wrote the following article and has graciously given me permission to reprint it here.  c.j. is a treasure of a pen friend, an artist, photographer, writer, and all around wise woman.  I am ever-so-grateful to have discovered her through our  world of letters. _______________________________________________________________________________________ We all complain when postal rates go […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: $.44, anticipation, c.j. Petersen, Carol Petersen, cell phone, Civil War commemoratives, distinctive handwriting, e-mail, First Class letter, Gregory Peck stamp, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Kansas Statehoods, Lancaster County, mail carriers, Mother's Day, Owney the Postal Dog, Phillies', post office, postcards, Ronald Reagan stamps, servicemen and women, stamp collector, texting, U.S.Postal Service

“…float downstream like a human being…”

October 24, 2011 By Carol

October 24, 2011 Humans are creatures of habit. We do get bored easily, but we like a certain amount of consistency. That familiarity gives us stability.  However, change is inevitable and necessary with the current economic crisis and all.  We have to change in order to survive. All the old methods won’t work.  So, how do we survive the coming changes? Charles […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: "Autumn Shower", anxiety, authority, Betham, change, Charles Darwin, common sense, creatures of habit, CT, Frank McAuliffe, free fall, human being, Joseph Campbell, Nature, paradise, post office, robot, seasonal process, stability, Sukhavati: A Mythic Journey 2005, survival, ultimate authority, voluntary action

Focus on the love!

October 19, 2011 By Carol

October 18, 2011 As a postal worker, I am sensitive to the love/hate relationship people have with the post office.  Sure, the long lines annoy me, too.  However, lately people are now more anxious- “What’s going to happen to the post office?” The issues are clouded by a flood of misinformation which leaves the public baffled […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Congress, Delivery Magazine, finincial crisis, future retirees health care, honest professional, legislators, letters-to-the-editor, love/hate relationship, misinformation, NALC President Fredric Rolando, post office, Postal Oversight Committee, Postal Record, Postal Regulatory Comission, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Ralph Nadar, Ralph Nader, Ruth Goldway, savethepostoffice.com, taxpayers' bailout, US Constitution, USPS

A Subscriber’s Recommendation…

March 14, 2011 By Carol

“I first got my own mailbox back in December 1989. It’s still  in that very same post office.  I was searching through something about letter-writing when I came across an article about  “The Letter Exchange.”  I joined up in the early 1990’s.  The Letter Exchange helped me shape up my letter-writing skills.  It introduced me […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: Friendship Books, Jonathan Gabel, letter-writing skills, Liotard, mailbox, pen friend, post office, subscriber, The Letter Exchange, Universal Postal Union

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