October 2021 Newsletter.

Hello Letter Lovers...

Keep Writing Letters 💌

According to this September 2021 CBS Poll, 37% of American adults surveyed haven't written a letter in the last five years. The article is brief and insightful if you're interested in the preservation of the handwritten letter. I recommend scrolling back up here and checking it out after you have a browse of this month's newsletter which is chock full of ways us letter lovers can appreciate the pen and paper!

28 for 28

I'm writing a letter every day till my 28th Birthday for the charity From Me To You. From Me To You matches donated letters like mine with folks fighting cancer. Can you help with a donation to help send snail mail smiles? The power of a letter is mighty. 

Talking Letters

On Sunday November 7th I'm talking all things vintage letters with the folks of Irish Network D.C. and Irish Network Portland. Join us! Free online event. 

Write More Letters

Next month is Veteran's Day! Celebrate with a donation to the 'Write More Letters' Project. Thanks to the generosity of letter lovers we've raised over $500 for Hope For The Warriors, which benefits U.S. Veterans and Military Families.

If you'd like to participate all 'Write More Letters' Mugs, Masks, Shirts, and Totes are available via this link. To learn more about how the WML fundraiser works, check out our F.A.Q. here. 

"THLAS" is 4

Happy 4th Birthday to The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society. Dinah, founder of the Society, has some really spectacular birthday plans up her sleeve -- come along and celebrate the Handwritten Letter and the Society that champions it! 

Hello, November!

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From the Desk Of...

Every month we aim to write and share relevant blogs on letter writing or collecting! This segment of the newsletter is where you'll find them all in one place. 

Need to address a letter to the Royal Family and not sure where to start? Check out this month's Writing Through the Decades for all that and more. 

I feel like I say this every month but this month's Book About Letters was so "up my alley" to speak that I need someone to read it ASAP so we can have a Book Club moment about it!

Take a look at the history of the Postscript and some examples from the archive! Click here to read.

Thanks to Letters Connect for inviting me along to the World Postcard Day livestream from the Postal Museum in London. I looked at three vintage Postcards of London to celebrate. Read more about the beauts, here.

A Bonus Book About Letters Blog! I received "A Letter from Pearl Harbor" as an early reader from the publisher. In this novel there's letters, treasure hunts, female aviatrix, and more. Check out my review, here.