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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Helen Rittersporn

Seein’ Stars Stamps (‘Cinderella’ stamps)

Today we are looking at Seein’ Stars stamps from the 1930’s.  I first came across them on May 27 when looking for stamps of classic movie stars.  It turns out in checking with my stamp club friend with the Wilmington Philatelic Society they are what are called by stamp collectors as “Cinderellas”

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Helen Rittersporn

Adding to our toolkit (ActiveWords)

You may or may not already be using the term “Adding to my toolkit” in your daily/weekly routine – but toolkit it is for looking at software to benefit us with productivity improvements.  By investing a little time up front we save a LOT

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Helen Rittersporn

Dog days of summer

Today we have a returning guest, our family dog Cuddy, it is his sixth visit to blog here (a monthly tradition here at AnchoredScraps.com). Happy Sunday on this third of five Sunday’s in August 2015!  When I came up with the title for today’s

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Helen Rittersporn

“Over the Rainbow”

If I were to start listing this cast of characters you would immediately know what it belongs to: The Great and Powerful Oz, Dorothy Gale , Toto, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Good Witch of the South (Glinda), and Wicked Witch of

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Helen Rittersporn

From a different angle

There is a 32 cent stamp depicting the moment the news of Japan’s surrender hits the U.S. – most people recognize the image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day, August 14, 1945.  What was surprising to me when I

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Helen Rittersporn

The plot thickens (Elvis stamps sold early)

The email in my inbox this morning was so compelling that I changed what was planned for today’s blog post to share this timely Linn’s Stamp News story about the early sale of the Elvis stamp, especially given yesterday’s blog post was all about

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Helen Rittersporn

All shook up (new Elvis stamp revealed today)

Today (if you haven’t already seen or heard) the new Elvis Forever® stamp was revealed at Graceland.   Today’s blog post includes the almost 40 minute long Livestream video of the USPS Elvis Stamp Dedication Ceremony August 12, 2015.  And we are looking at the associated stamp products being made available for

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Helen Rittersporn

Remembering our pets knows no season (hanky alert)

Up front let me share today is a rare “hanky alert” kind of post.  So please know that going in and plan to take a few minutes to pause before reading.   This very special poem about Christmas Eve at the Rainbow Bridge is something I remembered to include

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