tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post4067619267080445874..comments2023-04-07T23:13:18.502-10:00Comments on Marks in the Margin: On Letter WritingRichard Katzevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-13881793993866243602012-02-18T08:11:09.472-10:002012-02-18T08:11:09.472-10:00Thank you for your comment. I recall reading some...Thank you for your comment. I recall reading some of the letters of Abigail Adams. She was a prolific letter writing. I wish you well in your effort to keep the tradition aline.Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-44656235184801329812012-02-18T05:50:34.172-10:002012-02-18T05:50:34.172-10:00I recently enjoyed listening to "Letters of M...I recently enjoyed listening to "Letters of Mrs Adams, the Wife of John Adams" via a Librivox recording. I've also just begun corresponding with a new "pen pal," another homeschooling mother, up in Alaska (I am in No. Virginia). I look forward to growing into the habit of writing letters, by hand, on paper ...Glory Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816481384773698544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-29980577043175061362012-02-15T13:18:23.416-10:002012-02-15T13:18:23.416-10:00I don't imagine you will have any luck finding...I don't imagine you will have any luck finding precisely what you might enjoy in such a correspondent. They are rare and will only be found by chance. You will need to start your own Website. Please let me know when you have your IPO. Of course, you could also place an ad on Craigslist stating whatever qualifications you have. Or respond to one of the Personals in periodicals like the New York Review of Books or Times (London) Literary Supplement. Maybe also the London Review of Literature (I'm not sure if they have Personals, however.). I can advise you that once you get started on a really serious letter writing friendship it does take a fair amount of time to compose the sort of letter than can sustain and is expected with this kind of thing. I have saved all the letters I've written to my friend in the East, along with hers and when my days of surfing and letter writing are finished, it is my intention to donate them to the library of my undergraduate days that has expressed interest my stuff, including commonplace book, etc.Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-38290730646210945142012-02-15T11:31:59.800-10:002012-02-15T11:31:59.800-10:00Heh, not even once! Not so keen on writing to pris...Heh, not even once! Not so keen on writing to prisoners or people in the military. I'll have to dig around and see about some of those others.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-48723992012180780492012-02-15T07:26:25.450-10:002012-02-15T07:26:25.450-10:00There are quite a few: https://www.google.com/sear...There are quite a few: https://www.google.com/search?q=Pen+Pal+Services&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a <br /><br />I recall I wrote about Write a Prisoner.<br /><br />No sex? Never? Just once?Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-80313030507334256572012-02-15T06:58:48.492-10:002012-02-15T06:58:48.492-10:00I love getting and sending letters. But then you k...I love getting and sending letters. But then you know that already. The letter from a writer is kind of cool but you are right, there is something sort of phony about it. What would be better is to send $5 to be matched up with one or two other people who would like a correspondence. A pen pal service for grown-ups that is not about hooking up and having sex. I'd go for that.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.com