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Return to Sender

August 25, 2020 By Carol

In my 33 year experience as a letter carrier, postal management would generally find purpose in fixing things that weren’t broken. The resultant  chaos would throw workers off balance and erode productivity. Every new boss would try to “reinvent the wheel.”  Occasionally, a new manager would work with the employees, but that was a rarity. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 1st Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin, connect the colionies, Covid-19 pandemic, david Sirota, letter carrier, letter sorting machines, Louis DeJoy, mail sorting equipment, Mitch McConnell, national heritage, polygraph machine, Postmaster General, Return to Sender, The Goodfellas Scheme to Destroy the Post Office, Trump, undelivered perishables, USPS, wrecking ball

Save our postal service

May 20, 2020 By Carol

Randall Beach: Save our postal service A U.S. Postal worker makes a delivery with gloves and a mask in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The U.S. Postal Service is keeping post offices open but ensuring customers stay at least 6 feet (2 meters) apart. The agency said it is following guidance from public health experts. […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Post Office News Tagged With: "Faith Matters", A National Treasure, Ben Margot, Carol Christmas, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, Dustin Sanfranek, essential workers, Jennifer Kaylin, Judy Doran, Ketchikan Daily News, letter carrier, Matt Rourke, New Haven Register, postal workers, Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Randall Beach, Rev. Allie Perry, thank you notes, the write way, USPS, Van Galligan, voting by mail, Wing Yu

“You are very important to me.”

May 18, 2020 By Carol

    The post office has been the focus of a lot of media attention lately. Much of it is prompted by the financial uncertainly that the USPS finds itself in during this coronavirus pandemic.  At present, there are more questions than answers. Still, postal workers continue to give “essential service” during this crisis. On […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, MAKES SENSE, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: coronavirus pandemic, Emerson Weber, essential workers, Good Morning America, handwritten letters, letter carriers, Megan Brennan, NALC, NPR.org, Paul Barner, thank you notes, The Postal Record, the Postmaster General, USPS

Buy some stamps today

April 14, 2020 By Carol

Once again, I must ask you to help “Save the Post Office!” The business closures due to the coronavirus pandemic have reduced mail volume by 50%. The USPS has asked Congress for financial assistance and the Trump administration has refused. Without emergency funding the post office is on the brink of insolvency, and may have […]

Filed Under: Letter Writing in the News, Main, Newsflash, Post Office News Tagged With: call you congressman, Common Dreams, Marvin Gaye, postal workers, Scooby-Doo, send a card, stamps by mail, Trump administration, USPS, Washington Post, write a letter

Baaahh!

May 18, 2018 By Carol

  Were you shocked to discover that all content from your Facebook account was available in cyberspace? Some people were. Some didn’t seem to care. “Facebook is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what information tech companies have on me. Once you see the vast amount of data that has been […]

Filed Under: Content, Newsflash Tagged With: baaahh, Brian Chen, cyberspace, data mining, Facebook, gadget addictions, Handmade Nation, Led Astray, New York Times, privacy, sanctity of the mail, Sara Ashley O'Brien, snail mail, unfriended, USPS, vulnerable, Yikes

An Extreme Sport

February 6, 2016 By Carol

Yesterday, I delivered the mail in a snowstorm. It was snowing heavily when I started out and it didn’t stop falling until mid afternoon. Those odd shaped postal trucks are terrible in the snow. They are rear wheel drive and they get stuck in even just a few inches of snow. I tried to dodge […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: challenges, extreme sport, extreme weather, global warming, headlamps, hottest Summer on record, letter carriers, mail delivery, Merry Mailman, moxy, snowstorm, sporting goods shops, USPS

Holiday Greetings Tips

December 7, 2015 By Carol

It’s that time again. “Only 18 days left till Christmas.”   Hmmmmm…   Let’s prioritize our card lists… If you’ve thought about sending cards and you are feeling rushed for time at this date, focus on the family and friends who live at a distance, are elderly, or infirm. Those are the folks who would […]

Filed Under: Greeting Cards, Holiday Tagged With: card list, Christmas Post, domestic mail, elderly, family and friends at a distance, festivities for many cultures, good cheer, good memory, Harper's Weekly Jan. 1879, holiday season, individual attention, infirm, keepsake, Peace on Earth, personalize the message, prioritize, real mail, religious views, seasons greetings, Thomas Naste, USPS, write 3 lines

Rethinking Snail Mail

April 9, 2015 By Carol

April 9, 2015   My friend Adam expressed that he did not like the term “snail mail”. His comment gave me pause. Of course, the word: snail is meant derogatorily, indicating that slow (at a snail’s pace) is negative. Let’s look further…   Last month, I was invited to speak to 19 first graders about […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: All Systems at Work, Amazon, at a snails pace, first graders, Frog and Toad are Friends, letter carrier, mystery, pen pal, penpalling, Slow, snail mail, The Letter, USPS, Wikipedia, YouTube video

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

Cherry Blossom Celebration!

March 28, 2012 By Carol

March 28, 2012 Springtime in Washington,  D.C. is a celebration of the budding beauty of cherry blossoms. There is an annual Cherry Blossom Festival which is scheduled in April.  This year, however, with an unusually mild winter and an early spring, the cherry trees are in blossom now, a whole month ahead of schedule! Last […]

Filed Under: Special Occasions Tagged With: "stamps are a part of people's lives", Cherry Blossom Centennial, Cherry Blossom Festival, Japan-America friendship, kimonos, lovely mural, Paul Rogers, stamps, Tidal Basin, USA Philatelic, USPS, Washington D.C.

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