Here’s a nice story about some middle school children writing to the President and getting an answer back. Sweet!
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Newly added link today: Passive Aggressive Notes
This is a really fun blog. It has pictures of angry notes people post around in public with corresponding commentary from the blogster. Definitely worth a look.
Okay, it’s not exactly letter writing, but it’s an amusing diversion. You have five minutes… then get back to work!
Tags: aggressive, angry, Link, notes, passive
Carla over at 365 Letters is trying an experiment. She’s writing a letter every day to see what happens. Whew, the pressure. CAN SHE DO IT? (Of course she can!) Go root for her because what she is doing is very cool.
Also, apparently it is already working because she is getting a nice round of lovely responses to her missives.
Consider trying it! Maybe it will work out as well for you as it is for her!
Tags: 365 letters, every day letter, letter-a-day, Link
Letter Writing Contest for Kids
in Contests, Things to Do, kids in Contests, Things to Do, kids24
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Here’s something pretty exciting… a letter writing contest for kids. It launched on inauguration and will end, fittingly, on President’s Day.
So, you better get to cracking!
Here’s a little mini-challenge for you today (or sometime in the next week).
I have recently added a new site to our fabulous compendium of letter writing links. The site is called Send Something. The site is similar to Postcrossing, conceptually, in that you can go get a random address and mail something to a stranger. However, that’s where the similarity ends. While Postcrossing is for postcards, Send Something can be for just about anything. Users fill out their profiles indicating their hobbies and other interesting things about themselves. What you send is completely up to you. Have fun!
(Thanks, PostMuse, for sending me this.)
Also, I’ve added a new link to the main sidebar that says “Shopping”. I’m collecting interesting places you can shop for stationery and other letter-related goodies. Enjoy.
[photo credit: Marty (S)]
Tags: fun, Link, send something
I recently found an article about 3,000 letters and other writings of Hemingway that has been in a museum in Cuba.
The release of the Hemingway archive is part of a joint project between the Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council and the US Social Science Research Council.
As Cuba celebrated the 50th anniversary of the revolution yesterday, the Hemingway project marked a warming of relations between two countries that have been at loggerheads ever since. An expectation is growing that Raúl Castro, the Cuban President, may hold talks with Barack Obama, the US President-elect.
Great news, for a great new year!
Tags: cuba, ernest, hemingway, history, letter collection, Link, nobel laureate
I ran across an article about the letters of C.S. Lewis.
Mostly this talks about his exploration of religion through letters, but there are some interesting tidbits here about Lewis’s letter writing habits that you might want to check out.
Tags: author, c.s. lewis, famous letter writers, Link, writers
I guess I’m on a roll with mail art this week. Recently I read an interview with a mail artist and thought it was interesting. He makes mail art out of junk mail. I don’t know about you, but I have a gazillion pieces of junk mail and hate it. He has a great solution for it!
So, go check out the interview with Artist Rev K over at the Bearded Bunny Blog.
Also, on the same topic I’d like to recommend the book Creative Correspondence. They have a great section about how to creatively repurpose junk mail.
Tags: Crafts, junk mail, letter writing, letters, Link, mail art
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Barb Nelis from Redondo Beach, California. She regularly hosts an envelope swap that I’ve had the privilege of participating in and highly recommend it. Barb took some time out of her busy day to answer my Questions for Inquiring Minds. Thank you, Barb!
Barb collates envelopes from her swap
How long have you been doing your envelope swap?
I started my envelope swap about six years ago. After three years I thought I needed a break and took a long sabbatical. I discovered I missed it and restarted my envelope swap two years ago. I just happened to save all the names, snail mail addresses and email addresses of the people who were in my swap. I sent everyone a handmade postcard and e-mailed them saying I was bacccck. I got a huge response. It seems I was missed. Mail art lives! YAY!
What inspired you to start it?
Good question. I am glad you ask, maybe it will help another fellow artist start their own swap. I have been in many swaps through the years. Altered books, Artist’s Trading Cards (ATC), postcards, deco’s, envelopes, you name it, I swapped it. But there were always rules, rules, and more rules. Some of the rules were very strict too. Like when they had themes. Who wants ten postcards of Alice In Wonderland going down the rabbit hole? What’s the point?
The last straw was when I got kicked out of the Goddess ATC swap. Yep. That was me. I was a millimeter off one or two of the cards. Apparently the swap meister measured each and every card. That is the day I said “I am starting my own swap.” Everyone will be welcome, newbies, advanced artists, whoever wants to play. There will be no “themes”. No sizes. All sizes of envelopes are welcome. All media is welcome. My goal is to stamp out “Naked Mail”. Everyone should be having fun and not worry about rules.
Tags: barb nelis, envelope, envelope swap, envies, Interview, letter writing, letters, Link, mail art, mail artist
Here is an interesting article about a teacher who writes seven or eight letters routinely every day. The news story describes her writing habits and her philosophy of letter writing. What a faithful and fascinating pen pal!
http://www.freep.com/article/20081130/TWIST01/811300357/1025/rss05
Tags: interesting, letter writing, letters, Link, News
