I have a rich history of pen pal relationships…from childhood friends from summer camp to a long distance romance with a young man in the peace corps to letters with people who are incarcerated. (My autocorrect wants to keep changing “penpal” to “penal”…weird ).
I think letter writing…pen to paper, tangible, even messy…is such a powerful …
I have a rich history of pen pal relationships…from childhood friends from summer camp to a long distance romance with a young man in the peace corps to letters with people who are incarcerated. (My autocorrect wants to keep changing “penpal” to “penal”…weird ).
I think letter writing…pen to paper, tangible, even messy…is such a powerful tool of communication & connection. I also think of THIS as a type of penpal relationship and am grateful for the community & connection I’ve found here.
Summer camp…. That makes sense I bet as the way many kids begin letter writing, both to friends from camp but also letters home during those times. I didn’t have that, but I did grow up having to write obligatory letters to family. Times have changed! Of course they have. You have a rich history of letter correspondences. Very interesting — and I do know that letters to those who are incarcerated remains a very common subgroup in this conversation, too. Intriguing that you’ve done that. The dynamics of the role we might play in different types of letter correspondences is interesting. Good food for thought. And I am grateful for you as a reader. I look forward to hearing about the trail of butterflies you scatter this week.
I have a rich history of pen pal relationships…from childhood friends from summer camp to a long distance romance with a young man in the peace corps to letters with people who are incarcerated. (My autocorrect wants to keep changing “penpal” to “penal”…weird ).
I think letter writing…pen to paper, tangible, even messy…is such a powerful tool of communication & connection. I also think of THIS as a type of penpal relationship and am grateful for the community & connection I’ve found here.
Summer camp…. That makes sense I bet as the way many kids begin letter writing, both to friends from camp but also letters home during those times. I didn’t have that, but I did grow up having to write obligatory letters to family. Times have changed! Of course they have. You have a rich history of letter correspondences. Very interesting — and I do know that letters to those who are incarcerated remains a very common subgroup in this conversation, too. Intriguing that you’ve done that. The dynamics of the role we might play in different types of letter correspondences is interesting. Good food for thought. And I am grateful for you as a reader. I look forward to hearing about the trail of butterflies you scatter this week.