I must admit, I’ve been away from my letter writing supplies for far too long.  The give away over at the Letter Writer’s Alliance got me motivated to pull out my typewriter, canceled stamps, and vintage paper bits.  I mean, if you’re sending a letter to the LWA you’ve got to make it look good!  [...]

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It’s a new year and I’m feeling a bit sentimental about DC.  So, this week for “poetry Friday” lets take a walking tour of DC’s poetry history.  The Poetry Foundation put together an audio tour you can download (complete with maps and photos).  If the weather turns nice I’m planning to make the walk.  But [...]

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Oh hello new-favorite-paper-and-correspondence-themed-blog. Letterheady, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance!
Believe it or not, I’m actually in the market for more stationary.  Yes, I do own quite a lot (it fills more space in our apartment than I’d like to admit publicly).  But, at the moment, the things I have left are things I [...]

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Just three things today.  First, I love that the USPS’ stamp publication/blog is named “Beyond the Perf.”  Second, I am really excited about the stamps coming out this year!  The art really improved for 2010– in general I like the style a lot more and I’m so glad they got a new design for the [...]

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We spent the weekend in NYC with friends and a lot of oysters.  I haven’t had that much fun in a long time– college friends always make me feel like less of a weirdo.  I suppose at college you’re just surrounded by folks who are weird in much the same way you are.  Anyway, no [...]

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“Confetti, Balloons” from Amy_b’s Flickr stream.  Licensed via the Creative Commons.
Burning the Old Year
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Letters swallow themselves in seconds.
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.
So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone.
Where there was something and [...]

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