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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Ayn Rand 33c 1999 stamp USA-3308
Helen Rittersporn

Ayn Rand 33c Stamp 1999 Literary Arts Series

In writing today’s blog post on the Ayn Rand 33c Stamp, I learned she enjoyed stamp collecting, “with particular interest in issues from the Ryukyu Islands and Iceland”. Also, I would be remiss in writing about her if I did not mention her 1957 novel,

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American Garden Stamps 2020
Helen Rittersporn

American Garden Stamps 2020 Forever

The American Garden Stamps 2020 are arriving one month from today. First Day of Issue is May 13, 2020, in Winterthur, DE. There are 20 stamps featuring 2 each of “10 different photographs of botanic, country estate, and municipal gardens taken between 1996 and

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Happy Easter 2020 and movie The Two Popes
Helen Rittersporn

Happy Easter 2020 and movie The Two Popes

Happy Easter 2020! So many wonderful things today. First, a reminder of the Andrea Bocelli Easter Sunday Live Music for Hope April 12 today on YouTube! Thanks again to Vicki.   And if you are looking for a wonderful movie to watch, over on Netflix is

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Helen Rittersporn

How the virus stole Easter by Kristi Bothur

How the virus stole Easter is a poem by Kristi Bothur. It is a delight to be sharing with her permission. Besides the poem, I’m including at the end a link to a previous whimsical blog post on 8,385 jelly beans! To begin with

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