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catsandgraffitis:

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so self-care sunday is manifesting itself in endless cups of tea, sitting with my cat and sorting through old correspondance. it was kind of surprising to see who my most faithful penpals have been over the years.

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letterwritingclub:

the South Side Letter Writing Club is doing 31 Postcards in 31 Days again this year in October! the only rule is that you have to mail 31 postcards during the month of October. You should do it too, and track your progress along with us! Click through above to get to the facebook event page.

i’m participating. message me if you’d like my mailing address, or if you’d like a salvador dali postcard.

uspsstamps:

It’s World Post Day! Every year, October 9 is set aside to celebrate the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in Switzerland in 1874, and to recognize the importance of postal services in our communities. It’s one of our favorite holidays!

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letterwritingclub:

havecompany:

first postcard of the 31 postcards in 31 days challenge

CHECK IT OUT AND GET INVOLVED 

it’s october, and the the 31 postcards in 31 days challenge has begun! don’t feel bad if you haven’t sent any yet - it’s set up so that you won’t feel overwhelmed and can write your postcards on any day that you are able, as long as you send some postcards out by the end of october! 

we’re excited to see the card in this post, and others that you’re all making/sending, so don’t forget to tag your posts with “31postcards”!

i’m participating, will share links and photos soon!

anaees:

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You can woo some people with text if you are skilled at using the language you work with and if words are as important to them. Each letter is another body part, coming together until you have a whole person presented in front of you. When you finally touch, it’s as if a breath has finally been blown into the person you came to know. The words keep alive all the things you don’t have to say when you’re face to face.

I keep the letters I’ve received in my drawer beneath a tiny bowl shaped almost like a flower and a box of old art supplies, acrylics and stiff brushes. each letter is on gossamer sheets of lined paper, construction paper, the typical notebook paper, white 8.5×11 pulled out of the printer in a rush and scrawled in sharpie. The addresses, destination and return, are shaky, the same way mine are, always nervous to make sure it arrives at the right place and in the right hands, not to be intercepted or lost by a mail carrier who has misplaced his or her reading glasses that day. A new envelope when you make that 8 look too much like a B. Some choose the stamp carefully, Star Wars ones for a nerdy girl, whatever is in your wallet for him as you lick it and drop it in the mail on your way out the door. The envelopes become looser, worn with time and the countless times you have pulled the letters out to read and reread the words inside. These are homes for the things you have committed to paper, ink being the writer’s blood, and thus, to memory, posterity. They hold the words and thoughts that link people together inextricably, without cause or reason except that it is true.

this struck me as particularly amazing and beautiful now that the postal strike is over and my mailbox is already filling up with lovely things.

also, i love it when anaïs reminds me that i am not the only one with such affection for these little things: when she tells me there are still people who carry stamps in their wallets, there are still people who put pen to paper without necessarily snubbing new fangled “technology,” people who overthink the little details and have the same romantic notions of handwritten letters as i do.

we still exist, and we’re still awesome.

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hello-amber:

bluebeadsandbones:

Ya gotta send a letter to get a letter!

Canada Post is back up and running (but not without a fight). Support postal workers! And send me some snail mail.

Amber Forrester / 1402 Blvd. Pie-IX #4 / Montréal, Québec / H1V 2C1 Canada.

so beautiful! i’ve celebrate the end of the postal strike by sending 6 postcards, ordering zines, and buying these earrings.

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