August 2015 Recap
Happy Monday! Today's blog post is a recap in table format of the blog posts for August 2015. It includes the blog…
How I spent my summer …
Quick - when you read the Title just now did you immediately jump to fill in the statement with "vacation" ? Have…
In praise of Pollyanna
On this Saturday at AnchoredScraps.com it is time to pause and be glad for coming across this posted Documentary on the Restoration…
Paul’s Fountain Pen Journal – Issue 1.3 (Paul Erano)
Back on July 9th I introduced 'Paul’s Fountain Pen Journal (Paul Erano) here on AnchoredScraps.com! For a few weeks now I've been enjoying…
Ode to vintage label maker
Today's blog post is short and sweet with an ode to the vintage label maker! Did you ever have the opportunity to…
“Do It Anyway” (Mother Teresa poem & stamp)
About two months ago this poem by Mother Teresa was shared with me and so I have been waiting for her birthday to post it…
Mailbox Art
Have you recently taken a good look at the different mailboxes out there? They can take on their own art form. Over the…
Back to School (& Lunch Box Letters)
Welcome to Monday on AnchoredScraps.com. This morning included the sounds of the school bus pulling up to load the neighbors children signaling…
Remembering Lerner & Loewe
It is a delight to find the 1999 U.S. Stamp of Lerner & Loewe - they are the team whose work included Brigadoon, Gigi,…
My first JetPens order (my ship has come in!)
Happy Saturday! My first order from JetPens.com arrived yesterday in the mail and what a treat! Are you already familiar with the…
Plan B (Backup planning)
Back on May 30 I blogged about "Dad’s typewriter" and that I had found a place to have it get a 'spa' treatment/tune-up. Today…
Three times the stamp fun!
Today has seen a lot of fun things with the stamp world: 1) the new U.S. stamps for the remainder of 2015 and 2016 were…
Evoluent Ergonomic Mouse & (counting the blog post days)
Today's blog post makes 175 days in a row of blogging daily since launching on February 26, 2015! Back on July 8,…
Seein’ Stars Stamps (‘Cinderella’ stamps)
Today we are looking at Seein' Stars stamps from the 1930's. I first came across them on May 27 when looking for stamps…
Adding to our toolkit (ActiveWords)
You may or may not already be using the term "Adding to my toolkit" in your daily/weekly routine - but toolkit it…
Dog days of summer
Today we have a returning guest, our family dog Cuddy, it is his sixth visit to blog here (a monthly tradition here…
“Over the Rainbow”
If I were to start listing this cast of characters you would immediately know what it belongs to: The Great and Powerful Oz, Dorothy…
From a different angle
There is a 32 cent stamp depicting the moment the news of Japan's surrender hits the U.S. - most people recognize the…
The plot thickens (Elvis stamps sold early)
The email in my inbox this morning was so compelling that I changed what was planned for today's blog post to share…
All shook up (new Elvis stamp revealed today)
Today (if you haven't already seen or heard) the new Elvis Forever® stamp was revealed at Graceland. Today's blog post includes the almost…
Remembering our pets knows no season (hanky alert)
Up front let me share today is a rare "hanky alert" kind of post. So please know that going in and plan to take a…
Celebrating Smithsonian Institution (1846)
When you do your Estate planning and update your Will do you envision the legacy you plan to leave behind? Today we are…
Pinpointing our (letter-writing) goals
If we pause and look at our calendar for August it is already one-quarter over - tomorrow makes 21 more days in the month! …
Saturday morning cartoons (Snuffles, Muttley)
Happy Saturday! Do you remember Saturday morning cartoons as a kid? Today we are looking at two classic dog cartoon characters - we…
Scan Mailboxes (& wrapping up our Theme this week)
Today with it being Friday, we are concluding this week's theme of looking at mail service options with one final mail service. We are…