Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. Lord Byron It is 2012, spring/early summer and I’m writing a friend a letter about my life. “In the garden, irises, roses and columbine are blooming, the peonies seem to grow inches every day and they are full of buds but as of today… Continue reading Special Delivery
Category: Vintage Postcards
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The Writing Habit
“We become what we repeatedly do.” ― Sean Covey On Google, there are more than 64 million links on “the habit of writing.” Here’s just one. 10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing. In procrastinating my writing, I’ve probably read several hundred. Jeff Goins made it even simpler when he wrote, “pick a space, set a… Continue reading The Writing Habit
Let Nothing Go Down the Drain
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower… Continue reading Let Nothing Go Down the Drain
Vintage Anthropomorphic Valentine’s
Do you remember these vintage Valentine’s?
Vintage Christmas Cat Postcards
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. Laura Ingalls Wilder I spent about an hour yesterday at The City Auditorium attending an antique fair. It really put me in the mood for Christmas. It… Continue reading Vintage Christmas Cat Postcards