Comments for Viva Snail Mail!

Comment on We heart Postcards by Hope

Hope — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:05:56 +0000

Love it!

Comment on 40 years ago today by Malea

Malea — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:51:09 +0000

I just found your blog today and have greatly enjoyed reading through it. I was especially touched by this post. To have both a letter written from your dad to your grandfather and to have the booklet of your own writings made for you by your dad is amazing!

It is sad, however, that hand written (or even typed and mailed) correspondence is so infrequent these days. I am 36 and still have several pen pals and love snail mail. My friends find the pen pal thing odd and quirky but they always oblige with postcards anytime they travel (well, most of them do…).

I was smitten with my friend’s daughter when, upon learning that my son and I are moving 3,000 miles away, the young miss asked, “Will you be my pen pal?” Of course, my son and I both agreed!

Comment on 2 letter projects by melissa

melissa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:04:22 +0000

Great Kaz. We can face the trauma together!

Comment on 2 letter projects by melissa

melissa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:02:48 +0000

Thanks Lynn. Looks like we’ll be having to feature your Letter Jar project on Viva Snail Mail!

Comment on 2 letter projects by Kaz

Kaz — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:52:04 +0000

Hi there,

I just discovered your blog and have really enjoyed reading some of your entries. I’ll have to come back another time to catch up on some more! But I just wanted to say that I love that concept of elders writing letters to their younger family/friends. I also turn 40 soon – it feels daunting. So, I am going to steal this idea and ask some of my elders to write me a letter as if they were writing to their 40-year-old self… I really think it might help me through the trauma!

Comment on 2 letter projects by L, The Jar Keeper

L, The Jar Keeper — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:51:43 +0000

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of writing a letter to your 20-year-old self (and applying that to other eras of life–40-year-old self, etc.) Therapy, indeed. I’m sure it’s extremely profound without costing $200 an hour. Thank you (and your sister) for this lovely inspiration.

Lynn

Comment on Saturday Delivery? by heather

heather — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Wow, I would be so sad about if this happens. It’s funny how even though something like this comes about because of all the new technology and “progress”, the idea of having one less day of mail feels like stepping backward.

Comment on Saturday Delivery? by melissa

melissa — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:25:35 +0000

hope and missive maven, i agree that the loss of saturday service would be just that, a loss. and ultimately bad for bizniz. the usps is in a pickle- how to stay afloat in a changing world.

thanks for the head’s up about the link, missive maven. i fixed it.

Comment on Saturday Delivery? by Missive Maven

Missive Maven — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:08:22 +0000

Your NY Times link is bad – you’ve got an extra http in there in the beginning. I found what you’re referencing, though, and I’m off to read it now…

I sincerely hope we get to keep Saturday delivery in any case!

Comment on Saturday Delivery? by Hope

Hope — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:02:20 +0000

I’d be sad to not get mail on Saturday. I would think that it would cause less people to mail things and to use services like UPS or FedEx that offer Saturday delivery.