“Auld Lang Syne” & Tribbles (& December 2015 AnchoredScraps Recap)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-31-2015

“Auld Lang Syne” is synonymous with New Year’s Eve. ...

Letters of Appreciation

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-30-2015

Letters of Appreciation is today’s blog post topic! To be on the...

‘Writing Letters of Kindness to the Elderly’

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-29-2015

“Writing Letters of Kindness to the Elderly” is a 21-day...

Cursive Handwriting

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-28-2015

Cursive handwriting is today’s blog topic and one I will be...

Radio City Music Hall & “Tomorrow”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-27-2015

The Radio City Music Hall first opened on December 27, 1932 and when...

Planning now for next year – Christmas Stationery

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-26-2015

Today has found us the day after Christmas and – if like me you...

Paul Harvey Christmas Day Broadcast of 1965

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-25-2015

Merry Christmas 2015!   This year saw the 50th anniversary of “A...

“Silent Night” (Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-24-2015

It is here – Christmas Eve!  The first time I listened to John...

Christmas songs: Hula-Hoops & hippopotamuses

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-23-2015

In time for us while wrapping Christmas presents and writing out those...

“The Christmas Guest”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-22-2015

Today is the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year for the...

“Let’s Keep Christmas” (Peter Marshall)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-21-2015

So what topic made today’s blog post #299 ?   “Let’s...

“The Art of Racing in the Rain” (Garth Stein)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-20-2015

Back when Cuddy and I were seeing the veterinarian a lot when he was so...

“A Christmas Carol” (Charles Dickens)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-19-2015

On December 19, 1843 Charles Dickens published “A Christmas...

Star Wars (stationery & fountain pens)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-18-2015

The day has finally arrived – December 18, 2015 and with it the...

“The Red Glass Bowl” (Margaret Weymouth Jackson)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-17-2015

In recalling previous Christmas reading lists it struck me that I have...

Time is running out on these U.S. stamps

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-16-2015

Today while I was out and about a friend needed some stamps and I was...

“A Cup of Christmas Tea” (Tom Hegg)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-15-2015

It’s Tuesday and what a delight to find the Author, Tom Hegg,...

Disco Music Stamp & Holiday Shipping Packages Deadlines

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-14-2015

It’s Monday and welcome to the third week in the month of...

“Keep Moving” – Celebrating Dick Van Dyke’s 90th Birthday!

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-13-2015

Happy Sunday – today is the 90th birthday for Dick Van Dyke!   He...

“Pocketful of Miracles”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-12-2015

At this point in the Holiday season we have been watching our usual...

“In The Bleak Midwinter”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-11-2015

Today we are looking at one of the Christmas carols we sing each year on...

“Charade” (Favorite Stamp Movie)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-10-2015

On December 5, 1963 the movie “Charade” was released and...

Santa Mail & Special Holiday Postmarks

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-09-2015

If you have ever thought about doing something extra fun with getting an...

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-08-2015

One year the book club I was in decided for our December meeting that...

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-07-2015

Today the National Park Service with the Pacific Historic Parks was live...

Christmas Newsletters

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-06-2015

Today’s blog post is all about the ‘humble’ Christmas...

“We’re No Angels” (1955)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-05-2015

At first glance if I were to have you go look through your collection of...

“Million Dollar Quartet”

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-04-2015

The statement caught my eye reading “This Day In History” for...

“A Letter From Santa Claus” (Mark Twain)

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-03-2015

How can it already be Thursday on the first week of December?  Earlier...

Christmas stamps

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-02-2015

Today’s blog post is short and sweet.    Yesterday I included the...

Hello December !

By Helen Rittersporn on 12-01-2015

Welcome to the month of December 2015! Today the Christmas wreath went up...