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.
The Franklin Christoph Fountain Pen Storage Penvelope options I’m seeing include their Lucky 13 Penvelope in Croc Print Brown. It is among the sampling of items listed in their email today letting me know it is available right now online at their site; it
We are looking at the 1999 Tuff Stuff’s Baseball Postcard Collection by Ron Menchine. I have baseball on my mind right now, pulling myself away from the Cubs playing the Astros. Tuff Stuff’s Baseball Postcard Collection by Ron Menchine While it is temporarily out
Memorial Day 2019 Remembrance Reflections is our blog post today. Earlier this afternoon, noticing each of the Cubs uniforms on the field wearing a traditional remembrance poppy with “LEST WE FORGET” was striking. In looking further I am finding it is for the entire
The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor is open through today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It “honors the life of every service member lost since World War I.” Also, be prepared to have tissues on hand when watching the two-minute VR Experience
Receiving the 2019 Triangle Pen Show Postcard this week in the mail is compelling for seriously thinking of rearranging my schedule to attend it sometime during the May 30th & 31st – June 1st & 2nd dates. Next weekend is their 16th Annual Triangle
There are several USPS Forever stamps withdrawing from Regular Sale effective June 30, 2019; among them Dorothy Height, Henry David Thoreau, Lena Horne, and the Patriotic Spiral Booklet. I’m including below a partial list and link to the full article in yesterday’s Postal Bulletin.
The beautiful EJMDesigns Seaglass paperweight is calling my name for adding to my growing paperweight collection! To begin with, the number of my paperweights continue growing from four to now over 20 in the four-plus years of blogging daily. I’m seeing a future blog
The American Philatelic Society (APS) in their blog post today is on the USPS Celebrating Sesame Street 50th Anniversary. At the end of my post, I share why I am so fond of Oscar the Grouch! There are 16 stamps in the sheet debuting
