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You’ve Got Snail Mail: Tips for Letter Writing Day
Pencil News, TV, FILM & BOOKSWhen I moved across the country for grad school, there were two people I was very afraid of losing touch with. They don’t have Facebook, so I can’t post on their wall. They don’t have cell phones, so I can’t text them. They don’t have…

Of Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter
MUSIC, Pencil News, TV, FILM & BOOKSOf Hand and Heart: In Defense of the Love Letter
I’ve got a bone to pick with Valentine’s Day.
And, no, it’s not because I was left eating a box of chocolates alone on Tuesday night.
It’s because of the plastic coating the whole…

Noteworthy Thoughts on National Thank You Day
Pencil NewsNoteworthy Thoughts on National Thank You Day
When was the last time you said, “Thank You?”
Think about it for a second. Was it when the barista at your local coffee shop handed you your lunch-break latte this afternoon? Or when your …

