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.
In anticipation of the August 21 solar eclipse across the United States, the USPS is issuing today the Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever Stamp. We’ve also got the special postmark, and yes, at the end of today’s blog post is a link to
We are kicking off the new week with Making Time Letter Writing on this Monday. I’m including AnchoredScraps Ziplocs and Personalized Note Template as Tips and Tools to help with organizing ourselves for letter writing. Can you believe that on Wednesday it will be
On this Fathers Day 2017, we are looking at the Hanx Writer App Virtual Typewriter Collection. There was an article two weeks ago at The Typosphere; the actor Tom Hanks’ app has three new virtual typewriters showcased in New Hanx Writers. There is a new documentary this
Today we are continuing our Typewriter theme on Fathers’ Day weekend with today’s post Celebrating Vintage Typewriter TypeIn! The image upper left is of the Michigan type-in June 24th from over at The Typosphere website. And we have the answer to yesterday’s Q&A about who
As we head into Father’s Day 2017 Weekend, today’s blog post about a Typewriter Robert E Howard Pictorial Postmark makes perfect sense to me. Dad’s Typewriter is still one of my favorite blog posts I’ve written. It was written a few weeks before my first
Think of the month of June with weddings and brides and it’s the perfect combination for today’s blog post on the Bridal Veil Oregon Post Office and their Hand Cancels they will put onto Wedding Invitations. It is an opportunity to show off your
On this Flag Day 2017, my letter writing-themed blog topic today finds me taking inspiration from Looking at Flag Day Envelope Cachets. One of them is from the Postal History Foundation (phftucson) Tucson, Arizona and two are from the Naval Cover Museum. One of our
Today’s blog post is for awareness of the 2017 Canine Influenza Virus and to consider the dog flu vaccination for the dogs in your family. Think of my post today as a Public Service Announcement (PSA). There are several email blog subscribers here who
