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Handwritten letters are a rarity and a treat, these days. I've got some of my mum's letters that she wrote to her parents when my siblings and I were tots, describing family life before I can remember it. (She found them when she was clearing her parents' house after they died and I found them when I was clearing my parents' house.) I love those insights gleaned from physical letters.

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I don’t have as many family letters as I’d like (they really do fit in a shoebox) but the ones I have are precious! And transcriptions are useful but the originals have valuable indirect information too.

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You have inspired me, Victoria! Actually, this post is the fourth nudge in as many weeks toward letter writing, and the one that pushed me over 😉 what a delightful idea and so meaningful at this time in history when all correspondence is instant and lost to history. Thanks!

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You’re welcome! Do you have some letters in mind to write?

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I have some ideas I’m considering. One of the other nudges that found me was writing a letter a week to a different person, which sounded fun. But I’m leaning toward something closer to your idea, but maybe suggesting a topic? Again, still processing. 😉

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I liked spacing out my replies over almost a year. They clustered around birthdays but were still manageable. I am not sure I could stick with a letter a week!

Good luck! And enjoy—

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I loved reading this Victoria

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Thank you!

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I love so much here. SPAWN vs AI .. what AI can never do for us, so aptly demonstrated by SPAWN. Also, white out still exists? And what a great way to make use of inherited post cards! I have a stack of art cards … hmm

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Ha. Yes, white out! 😁 And you know I’d sign up for a postcard!

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That was a lovely read and such a nice idea! I’m a year ahead of you and I, too, remember the excitement of finding a letter, postcard….anything in the mailbox with my name on it. I just may have to send you my address. ☺️

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Please do! (I feel the same way.)

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Where do I find your email? I will and I’ll send one back 👌

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Great! I sent you my email via direct message. If you don’t use the app you can also just reply to the emailed newsletter. If that doesn’t work lmk.

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What a brilliant project, Victoria! It could be applied to any topic or event. A wedding, an anniversary, cheering an elder. I’m thinking now about an historic change in government. Ask for letters on the occasion.

Come to think of it, that’s like “reverse Storyworth”

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This was lovely, Victoria. I send a few hand-written Christmas card to family every year but that's about it. And the custom of sending hand-written New Year cards in Japan seems to have declined.

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