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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Milton fold and mail

Milton blue fold and mail

This guy headed off to Denver today. Go, Milton, go!

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Inspiration


"Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company."

-Lord Byron

Resources

  • • Letter Writers Alliance
  • • Postcrossing
  • • How I keep track of my mail
  • • How I obtain cool vintage stamps
  • • Stationery sources: recommendations
  • • Anysoldier.com
  • • USPS zip code lookup
  • • Guide for addressing international mail
  • • Books for soldiers
  • • Calculate postage (USA)
  • • Mailbox map (USA only)
  • • Find a mailbox in an airport
  • • The Postal Society
  • • National Postal Museum
  • • Arago: People, postage and the post
  • • International Union of Mail Artists
  • • Sandbook.net
  • • Writealetter.org

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How to find people who might write you back

  • • Letter Writers Alliance
  • • Postcrossing
  • • Sendsomething
  • • Swap-Bot
  • • Penpal of the Week
  • • International Geek Girl Pen Pals Club
  • • Snail Mail Ideas
  • • Mail Me Some Art
  • • The Postal Society
  • • Letternet
  • • 2012 Call for Correspondents via Good Mail Day
  • • The Penpal Project
  • • The Letter Exchange (LEX)

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  • • 2011: a year in mail
  • • Missive Maven featured on Postcrossing
  • • Coming full circle: a transition back to music
  • • Making a handmade envelope
  • • Dialing for stamps
  • • How I obtain cool vintage stamps
  • • How I store my stationery
  • • Unpick to open
  • • I'm a day late for National Coming Out Day...
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