I put together a cute package for my 9-year-old penpal Cate Ferrall today. Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I bought some Snoopy cards for her — along with tiny chocolates and a separately wrapped set of Sweet-Tart message hearts. I hope she sends ME one. Please Share
Not everyone can deal with death or dying. When my sister Kitty was terminally ill, many of her friends avoided the hospital — they said, “We don’t do hospitals”. A lot of people feel that way about funerals — me included. The day we buried Vin’s mother Jean, I was surprised and heartened to see…
I’m in TOASTMASTERS and haven’t done my second speech yet, but being coached by AMY, who’s a very experienced speaker. She just had surgery — and won’t be at this week’s meeting, she just announced. I wanted to let her know I wish her all the best. Plus it’s a pretty cool card. Please…
A group of women who all worked at KNXT (the CBS affiliate here in Los Angeles) have been getting together for years. I just joined the group recently and have experienced a joy at seeing strong, experienced women who lived to tell the tale of breaking down sexist barriers in the Newsroom back in the…
I moved into an office today. With my friend and fellow typewriter lover, Louise A. Marler. I’m going to start my book. Finally. Now is the time. “LOVE LETTERS: MY TYPE OF THANK YOU”. With over 1,000 posts on my blog in the last year — and hundreds of letters I’ve written — I’m going…
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Michael Jordan, who works for Vin, helped get the materials ready for the video that Vin prepared for his mother’s memorial. He also got pressed into duty as a wardrobe stylist, when Vin needed to have his black suit shipped cross-country and Michael was at the house. Ironically, a few weeks later, Michael lost HIS…
I met Gail Moss at a class I taught for my friend Linda Schreyer — about how to write ‘thank you’ notes. Gail and I began a penpal relationship, and I’ve enjoyed getting her missives. She wrote me that she and her husband are moving to Orlando — and I’m sorry to hear it. Even…
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