by kate
16. September 2011 04:44
Went to my mailbox today and received 5 postcards! A new record!!!
You gals -- they all were penned by women -- are AMAZING!
Truly
The cards traveled from: Japan (!), Hungary (!!), Wyoming, Montana, Kentucky
Jackpot!
Now it is my turn!
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by kate
10. September 2011 17:07
I got a letter from Singapore yesterday. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Hopefully, the United States Postal Service doesn't shut down before my reply gets back to her in Singapore. (The USPS is in dire straits; click here to read the New York Times article about it.)
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by kate
6. September 2011 05:21
Here is a pic of the letters and postcards I've been writing in response to all the cards and letters that have been coming my way!
Totally awesome!
Can't wait to see if it is more than just a passing fancy for you! Waiting for Round 2.
If you don't know what all the fuss is about: I dared people to write me a real letter or postcard in this post.
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by kate
2. September 2011 04:34
I went to my mailbox today and was bowled-over by two postcards AND two letters. Check it out!
I am speechless!
I love you all so much. Truly. I am such a lucky gal!
Watch your mailboxes! Letters and pcards going out today!
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by kate
25. August 2011 13:00
It's true! Another one bites the dust! She took the dare I offered a couple weeks back.
One word: Wow!
Two more words: Thank you.
I am honored, humbled, inspired, grateful.
This one came from the UK and included a CD of original music! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Gonna have to up my game!!!
To my UK pen pal ... watch your mailbox.
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by kate
18. August 2011 05:11
How awesome is that??
Seriously awesome.
Game on, pen pal!
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by kate
15. August 2011 23:26
I recently told a friend of mine that I still wrote letters. As usual, he was shocked that I still did.
His first question was, "Why?" He was surprised, confused, and curious.
He likened the practice of writing and sending letters to collecting antiques. I can see his point. Writing letters involves spending time with something that is quaint, old-fashioned, out-of-favor, outdated; something that belongs to ancient times.
In answer to his question, I decided to make a quick and unofficial list of all the reasons why I still write letters. I'll keep thinking of reasons why I still write letters, I am sure. For now, read this and see what you think.
I write letters because ...
- when you sit down to write, you don't know where you will end up ... you say things you never thought you would say, find an interesting turn of phrase, clarify your feelings, express yourself in surprising ways
- it is fun to surprise and delight people by mail
- it is a physical record of what you were thinking at a particular time in your life
- it is the only way to really say thank you in this day and age
- it is one way to slow down the pace of life, to be analogue in a digital world
- it is a kind of manual labor, literally
- I think of it as a kind of practice, as a kind of meditation
- my mother made me do it and still does
- by now, it is a habit
- of the (eternal) hope that someone will write me back ... (sigh)
- many of the people I most admire in the world wrote letters
AND YOU?
Do you write letters still? Why do you write them?
Do you read them? If so, why do you read them and who's do you read?
Let me know in the comments below.
Better yet: write me a letter! I dare you.
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by kate
9. May 2011 02:13
More nuggets o' wisdom from Emily Post, circa 1922. Be on the lookout for "hateful schoolroom pot-hooks" and the "allure of Italy" ...
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...Suppose you merely change the wording of the above sentences, so that instead of slamming the door in your friend’s face, you hold it open:
“Do you think I have forgotten you entirely? You don’t know, dear Mary, how many letters I have written you in thought.”
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Or:
“Time and time again I have wanted to write you but each moment that I saved for myself was always interrupted by—something.”
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One of the frequent difficulties in beginning a letter is that your answer is so long delayed that you begin with an apology, which is always a lame duck. But these examples indicate a way in which even an opening apology may be attractive rather than repellent. If you are going to take the trouble to write a letter, you are doing it because you have at least remembered some one with friendly regard, or you would not be writing at all. You certainly would like to convey the impression that you want to be with your friend in thought for a little while at least—not that she through some malignant force is holding you to a grindstone and forcing you to the task of making hateful schoolroom pot-hooks for her selfish gain.
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A perfect letter has always the effect of being a light dipping off of the top of a spring. A poor letter suggests digging into the dried ink at the bottom of an ink-well.
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It is easy to begin a letter if it is in answer to one that has just been received. The news contained in it is fresh and the impulse to reply needs no prodding.
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| Nothing can be simpler than to say: “We were all overjoyed to hear from you this morning,” or, “Your letter was the most welcome thing the postman has brought for ages,” or, “It was more than good to have news of you this morning,” or, “Your letter from Capri brought all the allure of Italy back to me,” or, “You can’t imagine, dear Mary, how glad I was to see an envelope with your writing this morning.” And then you take up the various subjects in Mary’s letter, which should certainly launch you without difficulty upon topics of your own. |
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by kate
19. February 2011 20:53
Emily Post had it right!
My favorite part?
ENDING A LETTER:
"Just as the beginning of a letter should give the reader an impression of greeting, so should the end express friendly or affectionate leave-taking. Nothing can be worse than to seem to scratch helplessly around in the air for an idea that will effect your escape ... An intimate letter has no end at all. When you leave the house of a member of your family, you don’t have to think up an especial sentence in order to say good-by. Leave-taking in a letter is the same..."
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by kate
28. November 2010 23:37
True.
Check it out: Letters of Note |
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