"He would write letters to Darwin and he was an early plant biologist in the United States." - MARJORIE WEBER, Buried Treasure: Weeds, Seeds, and Zombies, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalLetterWritingDay #MarjorieWeber
It was #NationalLetterWritingDay today. I wonder how many people write their letters to Santa Claus todayβοΈ π
PSA, beware #NationalLetterWritingDay
Today is #NationalLetterWritingDay! What better way to celebrate than to pen a letter to a friend and cozy up with TO ABSENT FRIENDS: EUDORA WELTYβS CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRANK LYELL, selected and edited by Julia Eichelberger? buff.ly/0GALAJ2 #ReadUP
It's the last day of #NationalCookieCutterWeek and #NationalLetterWritingDay
"I write her a long, gentle, pleading letter and send it off to an address I find online." - SARAH KOENIG, The Alibi, Serial #serial #SerialPodcast #alibi #NationalLetterWritingDay #SarahKoenig
Black-bordered mourning stationery: writing paper, envelopes from Dyrnam Rectory
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Mourning stationery collection of notepaper and envelopes, Dyrham Rectory, Gloucestershire
www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/453623
Collection of writing paper, cards, and envelopes with black borders or designs, for mourning
Crossing the Bar mourning stationery box showing a boat sailing into the sunset.
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Crossing the Bar mourning stationery, 1890s
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Borders for mourning stationery showing the designations for the different widths. 1902
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Specimens of border widths for mourning stationery, 1902. Although etiquette books often criticized wide borders on writing paper and visiting cards as vulgar, the width was thought to show depth of grief, gradually shading to narrow with time.
"There were even books with advice on how to refine your letter-writing style." - ROMAN MARS, The Revolutionary Post, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TheRevolutionaryPost #NationalLetterWritingDay #RomanMars
"Do you write letters?" - IRA GLASS, Letters! Actual Letters!, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #NationalLetterWritingDay #IraGlass
"Bush was a fantastic writer of letters!" - KENNY RYAN, 41.) George H.W. Bush, [Abridged] Presidential Histories #AbridgedPresidentialHistories #NationalLetterWritingDay
"No one writes letters anymore." - SAMANTHA IRBY, Righteous Lesbian Energy with Samantha Irby, Normal Gossip #NormalGossip #NationalLetterWritingDay #SamanthaIrby
Today is #NationalLetterWritingDay! Freedom Reads receives kites from our Freedom Library patrons every day about books they are reading β the ones they like, the ones they don't, and everything in between.
When we receive a kite, we always write back. freedomreads.org/shibumi/kite...
"She writes a letter to McDonald's." - SARAH MARSHALL, The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case, You're Wrong About #YoureWrongAbout #NationalLetterWritingDay #SarahMarshall
"That's when he writes his letters." - ROMAN MARS, Goodnight Nobody, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #GoodnightNobody #NationalLetterWritingDay
"She wrote a letter and he answered it, and she wrote again, and he never even read the second letter!" - SARAH KOENIG, Somewhere Out There, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #SomewhereOutThere #NationalLetterWritingDay #SarahKoenig