I thought I was the only person in America who carries stamps with me. I have a few tucked away in my wallet just in case… maybe I’m at the carwash and see a card that’s too pretty to pass up… or find a clipping that cries to be sent out that day… whatever the…
…. that “the current crop of brides and grooms were young and their mommy sent out photocopied, nonpersonal thank-you notes on their behalf to the dozens of children attending their parties.” “Ask Amy”, a columnist who seems to have replaced “Dear Abby” as the etiquette maven (at least in the Los Angeles Times) says it’s…
Cate F., age 7, sent me a piece of paper yesterday with notes and pictures on the front AND the back. An array of well-drawn animals — a dog, a cat, a fox, a mouse, an owl, a bunny, another mouse, and an elephant — all saying “THANK YOU”. On the other side Cate drew…
I like writing to Presidents. It started when I was in first grade, and I sent a scrawled letter to President John F. Kennedy, exhorting him to keep us safe during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He wrote me back — or his staff did — and I kept the piece of stationery for years. (Now…
My friend Darlene B. helped build The Shoah Foundation two decades ago. Her work was important then and remains relevant despite the passage of time. In today’s Los Angeles Times, a survivor named Lotte Hoffman visits the repository of stories… I wanted to thank Darlene again for all she did to formulate this piece of…
After I read about the blogger who staves off her depression by drawing cartoons — I wanted to see if writing “Thank You notes” might similarly have a positive impact on one’s mood or productivity. I Google’d “ADHD writers and thank you notes”. This is what I found: “The Renegade Writer”. Here’s what she…
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ PEOPLE magazine picked “HYPERBOLE AND A HALF” by Allie Brosh in its Books section this week (12/16/13). I went to Allie’s website and looked at several of her posts. Rebecca Donohue (at FishBowl Worldwide Media), who has started up many successful blogs herself and knows how to get to that vaunted #1-most-read-spot … suggested at…
My girlfriend Donna knows what I like. Books on topics like: Office decor. Underdogs like Mike Tyson. Heroes like Walter Cronkite. Anything about the Holocaust. Art. Academia. Although my office right now bulges with foreign objects like holiday bows and wrapping paper, unwrapped gifts and bags full of items to be distributed, I tell myself…
Tastemaker Karla Martinez de Salas — Fashion Market and Accessories Director for “W” Magazine — chooses personalized stationery for her friends as gifts. I call that a “win” for etiquette and “Thank You notes”. I usually add a page of stamps along with the stationery, to make it even easier. http://iomoi.stores.yahoo.net/fu.html Please Share
Some people can find identify a need and fill it. Sometimes it’s a gift I don’t even know I needed. Vivian C. is one of those rare “gifters”. Last year she gave me a jaunty red plastic fork-like implement (see below) — the “Devil Oven Rack Pull”. I love it — I’d admired one…
