Thought some of us might enjoy this articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/fa...pgtype=article
Thought some of us might enjoy this articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/fa...pgtype=article
To continue to diminish the place of the handwritten in our lives is to diminish, in a small but real way, our humanity. Philip Hensher
Dunno ergo sum
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Interesting article, thanks.
Very cool. I'll have to show this to my kids--who hate writing 'bread and butter' letters as much as my siblings & I did when we were growing up.
I thought my son & daughter would be more enthusiastic if they had their own stationery and did not have to use the generic, family paper & envelopes. I was wrong.
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
Really interesting article, and it was also interesting to note the mention of fountain pens and who they were used by.
Now, the article was about the hand written thank you. In order to send a hand written thank you, you need an address. I know the NY Times has its own building in aptly named Times Square, but it took a bit too long to find the actual street address!
inlovewithjournals (April 7th, 2014)
I was particularly impressed by the mentioning of a custom ink ordered from iroshizuku, and just a touch skeptical about that fact.
Kai
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." -- Lao Tzu
I just got 'round to read this. Thinking of all the "Thank You, Grandmother" notes my mother oversaw at the kitchen table.....she was "Lace Curtain Irish" and insisted on protocol.
"Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine
Wonderful article, thank you. I just wrote a thank you note this morning, to a local hotel who hosted a group of us for Afternoon Tea last weekend.
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The perfect place for a writer is in the hideous roar of a city, with men making a new road under his window in competition with a barrel organ, and on the mat a man waiting for the rent. - Henry Vollam Morton
I've been trying to do more of this lately. The response that I've gotten from people has been rewarding, but sad in a way. I'm amazed at how many people have said that they had never received a thank-you note before. It's definitely motivated me to keep going!
Trying to save the day for the Old World man
Trying to pave the way for the Third World man
A very awesome article indeed. Its great to see that fountain pens are getting a bit of lime light as well!
Guess I was brouht up the old fashioned way. After I have visited (stayed) with someone for the frst time I always send thank you notes. Subsequent trips they are given a small token or some such. It helps that I like cards too, whether they are store bought or made by me. Penpals get bday cards if I know their bdays.
Thanks Writingrav,
Something to bear in mind for next year's Ink-a-Rhino.The personal and professional thank-you notes Cristiano Magni, a New York fashion publicist, sends routinely are written on weighty ecru Connor correspondence cards adorned with a rhinoceros embossed in gold. “It is so important, in a digital world, to have the dignity to sit down and write something in your own hand,” Mr. Magni said one recent afternoon in a garment district showroom, where a collection of thank-you notes sent by editors and stylists was spread across his desk.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
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oldstoat (April 8th, 2014)
Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
Bogon07 (April 8th, 2014)
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Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
jackwebb (April 8th, 2014), kaisnowbird (April 9th, 2014), Tracy Lee (April 8th, 2014)
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Online arguments are a lot like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
As soon as the audience begins to participate, any actual content is lost in the resulting chaos and cacophony.
At that point, all you can do is laugh and enjoy the descent into debasement.
This was a great find, thank you for posting this. I like to send handwritten Thank You notes to members of my staff in an effort to recognize something positive they did. I also send them to my professors for assisting me with my grad work.
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