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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

Slow Writing

June 27, 2011 By Carol

June 27, 2011 Today’s youth are growing up using the computer.  They are trained to print in the early grades and then “keyboarding” comes along by maybe the third grade. Cursive script is not compulsory, perhaps it is not even offered.   To describe the joys of letter writing to the current culture, one might as […]

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: carpal tunnel, counterculture, cursive script, email, Facebook, haste makes waste, impatience, impress a friend, instant gratification, instant messaging, keyboarding, multitasking, obligatory response, postcards, printing, rebellion, reclaim humanity, rudeness, Slow Writing, snail mail correspondence, speed, sympathy regrets, techno culture, texting, thank you note, wedding invitations

“In Age of Instant Messages, What Can We Save Forever?”

March 1, 2011 By Carol

As I approach a milestone birthday, I find myself reminiscing more often. Perhaps it has to do with the time of year. Having lost my mother and dad a few years ago,the month from Motherʼs Day to Fatherʼs Day has become a somewhat bittersweet, poignant time of year for me. I have always been a […]

Filed Under: Guest Author Tagged With: "Old Letters and Dead Leaves", Carol Petersen, Claude Andrew Calthrop, grandmother's letter, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, lover of words, reminising, reservoir of memories, stamps, texting, touch of their presence

New Year’s Resolution: BALANCE gadgets with handwriting!

December 31, 2010 By Carol

Are you feeling overwhelmed with gadgets…

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: art-form, balance, better thought out, cellphones, Fresh Air, Gadgets, goals for 2011, gratitiude journal, guaranteed results, handwriting help, humaness, journals, Margaret Shepherd, New Year's Resolutions, NPR, overwhelmed with gadgets, Peggy Jo Ackley, pen pal, skimming, slows you down, takes practice, Terry Gross, texting, thank you notes, The Price Of Putting Your Brain On Computers, write by hand

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