Read the Things We Share in Letters!
When traveling, I try to discover places connected with snail mail. Oftentimes, they’re post offices. However, there are rare places like “The Old Post Office Cafe” in Lake Tahoe, California. The whole place made me giggle to heaven. It used to be an actual post office. I guess, it closed down somehow, and the new…
Read MoreThe long-awaited day finally arrived. October 1st was World Postcard Day (WPD). The joy of finding a surprise postcard in your mailbox is incomparable. The goal of the WPD event is to bring that joy to as many people as possible. That’s what we did. We grabbed our unique postcards and our personal rubber stamps…
Read MoreAnother event I attended for the first time was the Pelikan Hubs 2023 event hosted by the Bay Area Planners organizer, Patty Tsai. It happened on September 22, 2023, and was held at the California Pizza Kitchen restaurant in Walnut Creek, California. What is a Pelikan Hub? First, for those who don’t know what company…
Read MoreIt took me a while to write about this event. Life happens, which is why I don’t always write about everything the very day it occurs. It’s good to practice my recall; it was such a wonderful memory. For the first time, I finally attended the San Francisco Pen Show this year. Yes, I wore…
Read MoreYou’ve written a nice long letter to your pen pal. Before you seal the envelope, what else do you include inside? Here’s a list I gathered from what I have included in my past letters. Perhaps you haven’t tried including them in yours, and this will be a nice reference. Unfortunately, you have to be…
Read MoreFor Members Only. However, you can definitely join the membership roster to participate. We are having another Snail Mail Activity – Halloween Costume Contest. Rules: 1. Participants must be wearing Halloween costumes of their choice. Take a photo. Paste the photo on our Halloween Snail Mail form (which I will send through email–if you don’t…
Read MoreWhat are Friendship Books? Friendship books (also known as “FBs” in their abbreviated form) are small booklets made by stapling paper together or are sometimes just sheets or strips of paper. They are usually decorated, and the person who starts the book writes their name and address as the first person sending the book. Sometimes, the…
Read MoreLifetime Member # 00046 My birthdate is April 3rd (redacted birth year for anonymity); I look quite a bit younger. I’m 5’0″ in height, average weight, Italian looking, though, I’m part English heritage also. I love family genealogy and have discovered many wonderful things in my family research. I spend a lot of time now…
Read MorePhoto taken from here. Once in a while, the United States Postal Service would introduce a new set of stamps for us to purchase. I need to buy some, and I thought of featuring what’s new. I’ll definitely put them in my shopping cart. Thinking Of You Such a cute design to use for sending…
Read MoreLet’s talk about the base ingredients needed to create a letter. Are you ready to write a letter now?
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