Ceramicist/potter Adam Silverman travels the world, and he keeps an eye out for typewriter memorabilia for me where ever he goes. He also collects hotel stationery, when it’s nice, and that’s a diminishing world, believe me. (When was the last time YOU snagged a few pieces of nice paper from a hotel room to write…
Madeline says, “A THANK YOU SPOKEN IS A VERY NICE TOKEN BUT A THANK YOU LETTER IS EVEN BETTER”. * My friend and fellow Rhode Island School of Design Trustee MEGHAN MICHAUD sent me these pictures from a book she picked up for her little children, baby Kate and big brother Tim. She kindly took…
Gloria, who’s worked for me for twenty years — and used to be Jamie’s nanny! — is always great about letting me know when I give her something for her daughter… but lately, I hadn’t known if the shoes and clothes were getting there, and if they even fit properly. This morning I asked her…
After I spoke to a “Women in Film” group — several of the professionals wrote me personal letters. I had promised in class that if anybody wrote me, I would of course write back. As it turned out, I didn’t need to do a ‘tit for tat’ — because I was so moved by each…
Kelly Jo is a documentarian — who was in the “Women in Film” mentorship group that I lectured to a few weeks ago about ‘The Art of Thank You’. I said it’s fun to have stationery that shows your brand… and in her case, she loves the trombone. My friend Jennifer Hronek is a stationery…
My niece Kuu called after she discovered the room she was supposed to live in — at college — was so horrible she felt like crying every time she walked into the place. I told her, “Don’t stay there then.” She assured me there would be other places she could find instead. It became a…
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I had a lovely day with Alice and Annie and Susan the other day at the Huntington Library. Alice and Susan beat me to the punch — I haven’t written MY notes but today I received one from each of them. Alice mentions “witty & wonderful people” — and I have to agree. We appreciated…
My sister Annie invited a few close friends to go through the Huntington Library with us the other day. We talked about thank you letters while we were at lunch — I was toting my Kate Spade ‘typewriter purse’, and the ladies appreciated the punchy message. I got two thank you notes in the mail…
Chuck Larsen is my personal clipping service. He manages to catch EVERYTHING — and I mean EVERYTHING — about typewriters that’s happening on the Westside. He’s found black beauties in Cuba and brought back the tales of their Hemingway history. He’s noticed them in Outer Mongolia. He’s incredible. When he sent me this story in…
