TODAY’S END MARKS the close of another month in a year which seems glacial at times, but also rapid because we’re more than halfway through it.
I want to take a few minutes to say thank you to each of you who return to read this blog.
(more…)letters
Pen to paper
WORDS ON PAPER aren’t rare.
Handwritten words on paper seem to be going the way of the dodo bird, which may be one reason there’s such a big market for books of and about them.
(more…)A note to you
I ran across an quote some time ago.
It hit me like a ton of bricks, as they say, because the longer I live the more truth I see in it.
The quote has been attributed to a few people through the years.
It appears to belong to author Ian MacLaren, and I can’t find the definitive quote so I’m going to paraphrase.
He said something along the lines of, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
I just want to tell you, whatever you are going through, keep going.
Never give up.
You are strong enough.
This post is a response to Sue’s prompt, which is “encourage.”
The childish thrill of a letter
When I was a kid, I hit a phase when I wanted a pen pal.
Maybe I was intrigued with the possibility of communication with a person somewhere in the wide world beyond the limits of the map dot I call home.
I was still young enough to get mail sent by someone who didn’t want my money so maybe it was the childish thrill of a letter addressed to me and hidden, like a surprise, in the mailbox.
(more…)Handwritten letters
We have officially begun a new year and left last year behind.
Before the calendar flipped to 2018, I thought about something else which is just about a thing of the past. (more…)
Reflections on your first Christmas
Dear Maelynn and Maggie,
It’s Christmas, but you two were already fast asleep when this letter was written.
In a few minutes, your first Christmas will be your first Christmas past. (more…)
When I met you
Dear Maelynn and Maggie,
I saw both of you for the first time yesterday.
It was the most surreal thing I’ve ever experienced. (more…)
Two girls and a T-shirt
To my nieces,
I was wrong about you. (more…)
Hey, M&Ms, I love you
To my nieces and/or nephews,
I found out about both of you on Christmas day.
You were a Christmas surprise to all of us, except your mama and daddy, and what a surprise you were. (more…)
A hundred words on a lost art
Somebody once said letter writing is a lost art.
That’s probably true, considering most of the written communication we see nowadays is on some sort of screen.
I read an article on the Internet — which kind of proves my above point — about someone who had the idea to craft responses to text messages in calligraphy, snap photos of the paper with a phone camera and send the pictures as replies.
The web went wild, as if seeing whole words written out instead of abbreviated brought about a wave of nostalgia it wasn’t sure it could handle.
It made me LOL.
