Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!

AnchoredScraps letter writing blog encourages old-style correspondence through handwritten letters between kindred souls since 2015

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. 

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UCL My Text In Your Handwriting
Helen Rittersporn

UCL My Text In Your Handwriting

On this Wednesday get ready to feel like you are preparing for your college exams with UCL My Text In Your Handwriting.  It is about some amazing work at the University College London. The “UCL computer scientists have developed software which may spark the comeback of

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Hinsdale 200th Anniversary Pictorial Postmark
Helen Rittersporn

Hinsdale 200th Anniversary Pictorial Postmark

How much fun it is to find the Hinsdale 200th Anniversary Pictorial Postmark. Happy Tuesday! Earlier this month in Hinsdale, New Hampshire the town celebrated having the Oldest Continuously Operating Post Office for 200 Years in the same building!    This makes it the oldest Post Office in

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Letter Writing Inspired Crossword Puzzles
Helen Rittersporn

Letter Writing Inspired Crossword Puzzles

We are kicking off the week with Letter Writing Inspired Crossword Puzzles. There is a story of a Postal carrier from last year who started creating cross word puzzles – and getting paid for them!  Then there is a story of where the cross word

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Jerry Orbach Remembering Love Letters book
Helen Rittersporn

Jerry Orbach Remembering Love Letters book

It is a delight on this Sunday to share Jerry Orbach Remembering Love Letters book.  It is entitled: Remember How I Love You: Love Letters from an Extraordinary Marriage.   The movie Dirty Dancing opened on this day in 1987. Remember How I Love You: Love

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Sherlock Holmes Themed Stamp Letter Seal
Helen Rittersporn

Sherlock Holmes Themed Stamp Letter Seal

Today we are having some fun with embellishing our letters with Sherlock Holmes Themed Stamp Letter Seal Designs. Happy Saturday! Sherlock Holmes Mystery Design Wax Seal Stamps Over at LetterSeals.com there are four designs available:  Sherlock Bust; Sherlock Silhouette; Sherlock Glass; and Sherlock Pipe. This site

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Patriotic Spiral Forever Stamp Issued Today
Helen Rittersporn

Patriotic Spiral Forever Stamp Issued Today

On this Friday morning it is fun to look at the Patriotic Spiral Forever Stamp Issued Today – August 19th.   Seeing this beautiful design has me hearing a Barbershop rendition of The Stars and Stripes Forever!  Get ready to have a bounce in your

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Easy Letters to Write Your Kids at Camp
Helen Rittersporn

Easy Letters to Write Your Kids at Camp

With a twist to the “How I spent my Summer Vacation theme” today’s blog post is on the ebook 13 Easy Letters to Write Your Kids at Camp by Mike Barnes.  Instead of these being letters a child writes and sends home to you, these

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StampSearch.info Stamp Collectors Search Engine
Helen Rittersporn

StampSearch.info Stamp Collectors Search Engine

The StampSearch.info Stamp Collectors Search Engine topic today is one that has been in the queue to share this month. Happy Wednesday! Today’s blog post is a shorter one. StampSearch.info Stamp Collectors Search Engine Back in February Linn’s Stamp News ran a story on Using search engines and other sites to

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