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

Celebrating Smithsonian Institution (1846)

When you do your Estate planning and update your Will do you envision the legacy you plan to leave behind?  Today we are celebrating the result of one person’s estate planning which made possible the Smithsonian Institution being established in 1846. And I want to Thank my stamp club

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Helen Rittersporn

Pinpointing our (letter-writing) goals

If we pause and look at our calendar for August it is already one-quarter over – tomorrow makes 21 more days in the month!  This is a pivotal month with “Back-to-school” – it is quickly approaching.   How are you doing with your letter writing goals (and I know

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Helen Rittersporn

Saturday morning cartoons (Snuffles, Muttley)

Happy Saturday! Do you remember Saturday morning cartoons as a kid?  Today we are looking at two classic dog cartoon characters – we are looking at Snuffles, and Muttley.   Snuffles One of my fondest cartoon characters I recall was Snuffles – Hanna-Barbera produced the animated television The Quick Draw

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Helen Rittersporn

Scan Mailboxes (& wrapping up our Theme this week)

Today with it being Friday, we are concluding this week’s theme of looking at mail service options with one final mail service.  We are looking at Scan Mailboxes out of Austin, Texas. Scan Mailboxes Scan Mailboxes launched on April 2, 2014, and serves customers globally (On Twitter @scanmailboxes).   Their web site

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Helen Rittersporn

MyRVmail (and RVRoadTrip)

Today on AnchoredScraps.com we continue the theme of looking at mail services for getting your mail when you are away.   The MyRVmail.com site and a blog by a RV couple who share why they went with MyRVmail.com are covered in today’s blog post. The Adventures of Jerry and

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Helen Rittersporn

“Traveling Mailbox” (& song “Travelin’ Man”)

Today we are continuing our theme this week on AnchoredScraps.com in looking at options of what to do with your mail when you are on the road – the “Traveling Mailbox” service offers options for your mail physically and digitally.  And I could not resist checking out Ricky

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Helen Rittersporn

New stamp honors the United States Coast Guard

Today, August 4, 2015 has been the First Day of Issue for the U.S. Coast Guard Forever® stamp, First-Class Mail one-ounce. There is also some trivia in today’s blog post about the stamp. From the U.S. Postal Service site: (On Twitter @USPS) “This stamp honors the United States

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Helen Rittersporn

On the road again (& our letters)

This week on AnchoredScraps.com we are looking at options to still receive our mail when we are going to be away from “home” for an extended amount of time.  But first: “On the road again Just can’t wait to get on the road again The

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