Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!
Whether the topic focuses on buying your first fountain pen, downloading a printable for jotting down a few whimsical sentiments, sending a post card, dusting off your typewriter, the joys of selecting vintage or new postage to our envelope cachets, adding to our stationery stash, or simply hand-writing a letter – it’s all fun and part of the journey with a blog post by Helen Rittersporn.
Here you will find ongoing encouragement to regularly carve out a few precious moments to connect with others via “old” styles of correspondence, specifically in letter writing.
The Sleeping Bear Dunes Stamp for Priority Mail Express and the Byodo-In Temple Priority Mail stamp went on sale January 21, 2018. We are covering both along with the Pictorial Postmark of Byodo-In-Temple. My thanks to the Postal News, USPS Postal Bulletin, and Linns.com who I
For today’s letter writing-themed blog post, we are looking at a Typewritten Avalanche Sending John Mayer Typed Mail. There is a recent article over at The Typosphere on “John Mayer precipitates a typewritten avalanche”. Quoting that January 11, 2018 article: “Popular singer-songwriter John Mayer (shown here
This morning we are combining John Hancock’s birthday with celebrating cursive writing for the 41st National Handwriting Day 2018. Furthermore, this is ‘”International Handwriting Week” from Jan 21-27, 2018.’ This is my third year to write a post on it; here are links to my
Receiving in the mail last week my own Instant Happy Notes Postcard Book is great! Being this happy has me also recalling two previous posts here, with Happy Mail book and “Happy” (Pharrell Williams) ecard at BlueMountain.com. Instant Happy Notes Postcard Book Each Postcard is beautifully done,
Today we are celebrating an amazing milestone for the blog Red Dirt In My Soul Tenth Blogoversary! This morning my inbox found me reading Carol’s email sharing her video showcasing her Tenth Blogoversary – all while talking to us while in the snow! Her blog showcases
It is time to begin preparing for the upcoming #InCoWriMo2018 February Letter Writing event! Last year was my first year to participate and met some fantastic new Pen Pals through it! Today’s post on this beautiful Saturday is all about timing! Now is the time
It is a delight to share there is The J Peterman Letter Writing Contest just getting underway! Their “Ink and Paper Letter Contest” is through February 28th – perfect timing with upcoming #InCoWriMo2018! Be sure to see my P.S., and P.P.S. at the end of
There are two new USPS Stamps debuting, one today and one tomorrow: Love Flourishes and Meyer Lemons Stamps. The first day of issue is today for the Love Flourishes Stamp. Tomorrow, the Meyer Lemons Stamp is debuting; however, that 2 cent stamp comes in a
