I don’t know about you, but I find annual resolution-setting to be a challenge in itself. I love the idea of a strong resolution to…
February is letter-writing month, which means I will be writing a letter a day for the whole of February. Regular readers will know that I am…
It’s that time of year again, so dust off your quills, fill up your ink wells, and grab your parchment—or at the very least, find…
As part of February’s letter-writing challenge, I’ve decided that I need to think a little more about who I write to. Obviously, I can write to…
There’s a fabulous challenge taking place this month to write a letter for each day of postal service. (That’s 23 letters in America, as Sundays and Presidents’…
I really do love the start of the New Year, because it’s a great opportunity to start fresh. To that, I generally love the end…
I like to start the New Year with a fresh, clean start (as much as possible), which means doing a bit of de-cluttering and organising.…
As regular readers may know, I am a fan of letters. Proper, hand-written letters sent to family and friends—or even to perfect strangers if there’s cause. I honestly believe…
It’s been 20 years since I last saw him. Twenty years since he caused me an unimaginable amount of pain—pain that has stayed with me…
For several weeks now, I have been afraid of the post. If I’m at home when it arrives, I dread walking over to pick it…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve already started hearing and reading comments from people about dreading the day because they’re all alone.…
I’ve just complete another one of the Brooklyn Art Library‘s collaborative art projects, Letters From Your Childhood, so here I am sharing it with you. Yay! It’s difficult…
Today is Day 3 of Social Media Week, so I thought I’d talk about correspondence. You see, for all of the wonderfulness of social media,…
Growing up, I always loved to borrow my Mom’s clothing and accessories—the old stuff. I loved her funky dresses and jewellery from the 1960s and…
One of the best joys in my life is personal mail. Letters, cards, postcards, parcels. I just love getting something in the post that doesn’t…
Back in August I was finishing up a swirl drawing at my folks’ house. I had left my work-in-progress on the coffee table and whilst…
Today, I decided to let the Internet decide what my post would be. So, I went to Creative Writing Prompts to pick a topic. But…
OK, since it’s sort of my thing to tell you all about goodies that I get from home, I suppose I should tell you about…
A post about gorillas and cheese? Did I mean grilled cheese? Have I gone mad? Well, yes, no, and probably would be the answers there.…
It’s been nearly eight months since I last wrote a poem (horrible or otherwise) for you. Well, for me, actually. So, tonight I decided to…