Another referral from Missive Maven, I present to you Everyday Correspondence! It's a lovely blog, chock-o-block full of tips, tricks and reviews of fountain pen ink. One of his tricks involves sealing the ink of your addressed envelopes by rubbing them with wax. Ingenious! He even offers downloads of vintage letterhead. I can even say that I've received a letter on this stationery! Small postal world. Please do check it out; you won't be disappointed.
"O, woe is me, to have seen what I have seen, see what I see!" Hamlet said that because he missed the deadline to enter the Benevolent Postcard Society. Wait. Maybe that was me that said that. Anyways, although I missed it, postally perfect L.W.A. member Missive Maven was all over it and gets to participate. I'm very envious of her. Still, we can all benefit from the beautiful photos and useful information on the blog and maybe one day, the doors will open again. *sigh*
BBC News has just reported that the Royal Mail strike has been postponed at least through the New Year. I'm not sure what that really means for the postal workers, but it does mean that holiday mail will not be interrupted for our neighbors across the pond. They've been experiencing staggered strikes among their postal workers for a while now. There are some alternatives out there for them {some of which I rather like}, but it makes me all queasy to think about not getting my mail so I feel for them and the postal workers. Here's hoping it all gets sorted out soon. {The Royal Mail should be good at sorting, right? Sorry. I am the queen of the bad pun.}
{Image by Roger Blackwell}
The last of the packages for the first Royal Society of Venturesome Parcels program left L.W.A. Headquarters about a week and a half ago. I was a little sad to see them go, but happy to know that they will be well received! A big thank you to everyone who participated. I hope you had as much fun as we did!
Kathy and I are cooking up a new theme for the program, and the fun will begin again with all new packages. We will let you know here ahead of time when it will be ready to go on sale! For those of you who missed out this round, keep your eyes on this blog. We'll mention it here as soon as we have the next one available, hopefully soon. In the meantime, here's a sampling of what the first program participants received {if you still haven't received mailing 4, don't peek!}:
Oh, internet, I love you. You are full of wonderful things and some of them are even free. Why, just look at this!
It's a free download over at "The Blah, Blah, Blahg..." which is anything but blah, by the way. What's more, there are many, many more styles of labels she has available like:
Ledger paper {and you know how much we like ledgers!}
SchoolAnd other fun things just waiting for you to discover them. Remember to say thank you to her! {Also, check out another thing she's involved with: The Bright Side Project. Great giveaway contests every day!}
I was interviewed about letters and letter writing last night for BBC's The World Today. They have been doing interviews of postal workers around the world regarding the dying art of letters and I was added to the mix. It aired this morning in the UK, but for those living elsewhere, an audio file of it on the World Service website. My interview starts at the 48:20 mark. Hope you enjoy it!
-Kathy
Just so you know, I'm completely jealous of everyone who got to attend the release party for GOOD MAIL DAY a couple of weeks ago. They had extremely awesome party favors and everything! There's a lovely overview [complete with pictures] over at the GOOD MAIL DAY blog. {And special thank yous to Alice S. who snagged me a cupcake topper and Annie C. who posted me a letter with a party souvenir stamp!}
Also, the latest issue of UPPERCASE is out with any inclusion by our Pod Post friends as previewed here:
I love it! They have a manilla version available too. I wish they were blank so that we could get them for our L.W.A. bags. That would be perfection.
L.W.A. member Wendy sent us a link to this article in the Omaha World Herald about a drive to put up a monument to the Pony Express on its 150th anniversary. Turns out that there is a National Pony Express Association and that you can become a member, and, provided you have the proper riding skills, can join in on recreations of the Pony Express ride route. How awesome is that? Makes me wish I had a pony. Actually, I always am wishing for a pony, but that's beside the point.
From their website:
"Normally, this Re-Ride is a 10-day, 24-hour a day,
non-stop event by over 500 riders and horses. In 2010 the Annual
Re-Ride will divert to all daytime hours in most places. This gives
the Divisions and other entities/communities a chance to hold a
celebration. The mail will be carried by rivercraft from San Francisco
to Sacramento before the start of the reride.
Riders will carry Commemorative Letters in a Mochila, Pony Express style. The cachets, honoring Pony Express history, will be available for purchase by NPEA members, historians, and philatelists. The envelopes will show they were carried by the Pony Express and the first class postage will have a special US Postal service cancellation."
I've sent them an e-mail to ask how our members could go about donating or purchasing any of those letters. I'll keep you guys posted.
{image from Dempster Lane via Flickr}
I ran into fellow LWAer Alyse toting her 2nd edition member bag and asked if I could take a picture of her with my 1st edition member bag, to which she agreed. So awesome to see the bag out and about. If you have any pictures of you with your member bag, we'd love to see them!
We are officially out of the 2nd edition bag, but are working on the new one currently. We hope to have it ready for the holidays, so keep your eyes peeled here for more info!
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