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Advocating paper correspondence in a digital age →
This article is a great round-up of resources and reference regarding letter-writing from Letters of Note and Letterheady to organizations inspiring more paper correspondence in this digital age of ours.
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“…today, when junk mail is predominant, “postal management is unable to...”
– Quote attributed to Richard R. John, a historian at Columbia Univeristy Graduate School of Journalism.
While I continue to subscribe to paper magazines, send and receive zillions of packages via Etsy and other online shops, and even maintain relationships via written correspondence, I have to...
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Writing Longer Letters →
While not entirely relevant or applicable to most people today, I was amused at some of the quotes about how, even in 1922, letter-writing was becoming less frequent and that one’s daily mail was more bills and advertising than correspondence.
And even some of Ms. Post’s no-no’s would be welcome in my mailbox (or even my email in-box).
From Emily Post’s Etiquette (1922)....
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