Dear Joshua, Tomorrow you are five. When you wake up, I’ll give you cupcakes and ask you what you want to do with the day. You’ll say “play Mario Kart Channel” because you’ve been waiting for this day for a year. Five. There’s something about this birthday that feels so much bigger–more–than the others. It…
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Holiday Stationery from Pear Tree Greetings
November is half done, guys. Thanksgivukkah is upon us and Christmas is right around the corner. Soon we’ll all be in food comas and fat pants and looking for time to take a long winter’s nap. You better go ahead and get those holiday greeting cards ordered, addressed, and stamped while you still can. To…
31 Letters in 31 Weeks with Pear Tree Stationery
It’s been 9 weeks since I wrote about my goal to mail 31 letters in 31 weeks. After today’s batch of letters make it into the mail box, I’ll be a week ahead of the game. I’ve gone in spurts mailing several letters at a time, but I’m still letter-for-week on the campaign. Part of…
The Lost Art of Letters
I spent my childhood summers on a farm in north Florida. Every year, as soon as school was out, my mama would drive me down to my Pops and Granny’s house and I would spend my days feeding and chasing chickens and ducks, swimming, going on adventures in the woods behind his house, and picking…