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.
Erma Bombeck The Unmailed Letter is from her book “If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?”. It was first published in 1971. Happy Sunday! Today is Erma Bombeck’s birthday (February 21, 1927) and I still smile reading the
Today is the day on 1962 when John Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to successfully orbit the Earth. The stamp shown today is the 1962 4¢ Project Mercury Stamp and it was exciting to read its story of how the
Laundry postcards is our Friday blog post topic! Today’s blog post is short and sweet as I have laundry on my mind! Maybe we should make today’s title “Clean and Folded” instead! “We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even
AnchoredScraps Thursday Mail bag is today’s topic! Today we have a Mail Bag full of great items to share as a result of emails received from AnchoredScraps.com email blog subscribers this week. There is a very touching letter by Lincoln, another Thunderbird, and
Air Mail Special Delivery and Liberty Valance is today’s blog post as we remember Gene Pitney on what would have been his 76th birthday, born February 17, 1940. Air Mail Special Delivery and Liberty Valance Today we are looking at the song that immediately comes
Thunderbird email by Mozilla is today’s Tuesday blog topic! Today’s blog post is informational about the free email application and for a treat I’ve included the 1955 Ford Thunderbird U.S. Commemorative stamp! Thunderbird email by Mozilla From a sampling of friends I have spoken with recently
Presidents Day and Presidential Letters is today’s blog post topic with it being Presidents Day kicking off the new week! Presidents Day and Presidential Letters Today we are looking at Presidents Day (including a short YouTube on its history) and the collection of Presidential Letters
Love stamps on Valentine’s Day is today’s blog post. Happy Valentine’s Day! Love stamps There is a box of a framed 1988 Love stamp 45 cents – from the Stamps & Stories in a brass frame along with a lapel pin of the Love
