I’ve got Mail
Yes, I’ve got mail. I’ve got letters. I’ve got lots and lots of letters – letters that come in the mail every day, letters to answer, letters reaching out to new people encouraging friendship,...
View ArticleThe Joy of Letter Writing
When was the last time you wrote a personal letter for no reason other than to let a friend or relative know you were thinking of them? I wrote two letters a few hours ago. This is a daily ritual...
View ArticleLetter friends – out of sight but never out of mind
Recently I was reading a book called “A History of American Literature since 1870”, and in that book Mark Twain and his work was discussed at length. Upon reading a passage from Twain’s “Old times on...
View ArticleLetters warm up a snowy Winter Day
The weather outside in my town of Hudson, Ohio is frightful. It’s 32 degrees with snow, then sleet, but though the weather outside is frightful I’m having a delightful day with a number of my...
View ArticleThey don’t call it the ART of Letter writing for nothing
When people talk about the art of letter writing I realize they are usually referring to the thoughts contained in a letter and the verbal construction of that letter. Just as one would write a...
View ArticleA New Book on the subject of Letter Writing
Actually my version of a book … It’s 42 handwritten letters with art on 244 pages. The book is a letter from me, Carol Ann McCarthy, to you. Well, that’s not exactly right. It’s lots of letters...
View ArticleMy newest creation – Wildflower Correspondence Cards
I love flowers, all kinds of flowers, but wildflowers and I go back to my childhood days. As a little girl I created a booklet containing pictures and descriptions of various wildflowers. It was so...
View ArticleNew Wildflower correspondence cards and stationery
I love writing letters but part of the fun for me is creating my stationery. I come up with all sorts of designs for my letter papers. Some of my designs are quite simple while others are a bit more...
View ArticleLetter writing in Coffee Shops
I love coffee and I love writing letters so it seems natural to me that the two should go together. Lord Byron once said, “Only in letter writing do we have solitude and society simultaneously” but...
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