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Always seeking that perfect blend of paper, pen, and ink.

Joined June 2012
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So this mailbox sits outside the Ochopee FL post office. It is the smallest fully functional PO in the U.S. Heidi Lauckhardt-Rhoades just visited there! @APS_stamps #PostboxSaturday
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A heartfelt letter is like a hug for the soul. #letter #letterwriter #snailmail
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We had a lovely message from Casey, age 7 today from Leicester. Since lockdown began, she's been creating a new chalk pic every weekend to cheer up people passing their house. Well Casey, it's certainly cheered us up, what a fantastic image 🙂 (courtesy of @cattcom )
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You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. 🐴 #PHQuantock
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Just me or does anyone else look at these and think what words of love or laughter or sadness or contemplation or encouragement (or waffle) were contained within that little cartridge of ink? And what are to come? #letterwriting 🤔✒️♻️
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“There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.” #CSLewis MereChristianity – at Oxford, England
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'On letter writing' by Joseph O'Connor 'it would be lovely to see it come back'. ...and so says me @IrishLitTimes
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This illustrated #envelope by Frederick Charles Tolhurst was posted to his daughter #onthisday in 1919. We look after 76 Tolhurst originals.
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"The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal." #CSLewis | #Thanksgiving
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A third, oft-overlooked element that was key to Alexander Hamilton’s success: He had great handwriting. ow.ly/cKED305Mohm
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This week's #favorite #article goes to @nytimes, an important reminder of the pleasures of reading the written word: nyti.ms/29HqIM6
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Imagine if your school work ended up in a Museum! Here's an exercise book from 1812 written by Francis Hood (age12) – at Harrow, London
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"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." #Lincoln | #MothersDay
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Myth debunked by new study- Going Paperless Does Not Save Trees! Read more from @TwoSidesNA bit.ly/20lX4dw #paperlives #printaway
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These are the 10 greatest love letters of all time i100.io/WTGuoLm
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“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.” ~ #CSLewis – at Oxford, England
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“God will invade…When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over." ~ #CSLewis – at Oxford, England
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"I was so deep in this letter I forgot there was a war on" - Richard Smethurst writing from France. #WW1 @LivesOfWW1
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