{"id":5002,"date":"2014-02-07T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:36:45","slug":"february-for-letter-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/02\/07\/february-for-letter-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"February for letter writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a night this week clearing out and organizing my stationary.\u00a0 I’m still not totally happy with it (it’s in three different containers\/locations), but at least I know what’s where.\u00a0 More importantly, I am now prepared to spend the month writing letters.\u00a0 Marianne Kirby’s post To Get A Letter, Send A Letter; Where To Find A Pen Pal | xoJane<\/a> reminded me that I have\/had a pen pal of sorts and just maybe I could revive our relationship.\u00a0 It also got me thinking that I see a lot less of my friends than I used to and would like to, and that I love receiving mail that isn’t junk and bills, and that it would be nice to give a little of that joy to others.\u00a0 Maybe even I’ll get some in return. Yeah, so I’m writing letters this month and I’m not going to stop when the month is over.\u00a0 What are you doing? I’m also gonna try out some of the letter exchange web sites Marianne mentioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent a night this week clearing out and organizing my stationary.\u00a0 I’m still not totally happy with it (it’s in three different containers\/locations), but at least I know what’s where.\u00a0 More importantly, I am now prepared to spend the month writing letters.\u00a0 Marianne Kirby’s post To Get A Letter, Send A Letter; Where To… Continue reading February for letter writing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7961,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/fan-fail-apologies-to-mr-twain\/","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":0},"title":"Fan Fail, apologies to Mr. Twain","author":"leems","date":"September 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I thought that I was a fan of Mark Twain's work, though I would usually specify that I enjoyed his essays and sketches more than the novels he is typically known for.\u00a0 I have to admit, I am not a very good fan, perhaps of anything, because it never occurred\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/snip-HannibalJournal18520916-318x600.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3734,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/national-novel-writing-month-spring-writing-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":1},"title":"National Novel Writing Month Spring Writing Marathon","author":"leems","date":"April 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've trumpeted National Novel Writing Month a ton on this here blog.\u00a0 I have enjoyed every year I have participated.\u00a0 Not only have they created an environment of encouragement and commiseration for people who may have never ventured into writing otherwise (my Mother), but they do great things to encourage\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":5002,"position":2},"title":"NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month","author":"leems","date":"October 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, so why don't you go sign up already.\u00a0 And while you're there, visit me:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\/eng\/user\/422254.\u00a0 We can be friends and hold hands in a meadow of sunshine and I will pick on you for not writing last night. 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