Bonjour, and merci for the comment! Gosh, how wonderful that you also have someone who cares enough to send actual, hand-written letters extolling your talents. I don’t know that many who’ve ever received such cherished words of encouragement, and I hope that you’ll “pay it forward” as well by penning your own.

What kind of stationery did you get? In Asia stationery stores are still enormously popular–heck, there are entire stores devoted strictly to pens and stationery!–and I wish we had the same here. Fortunately we can find some good ones online, but they can be awfully expensive.

Salut,
Marjorie

Merci mille fois for your lovely comment! I’m so sorry for the lengthy delay in my response, but I’m so glad you found the post inspiring. It’s a little discouraging, isn’t it, the whole letter-writing business? I’ve written so many the past couple of years and yet have received exactly one, and that from a total stranger, the amazing gentleman who returned my long-lost scrapbook to me. All other letters I’ve written either fell into a black hole from which no response ever came, or I did receive a response but only electronically, either via email or perhaps (eeek) a quick Facebook update. I suppose one can’t blame people in this crazy, lazy world, but then again, why not?

You’ve reminded me, of course, that I’ve yet to complete my thank-you notes. It’s dispiriting to send them when no one ever sends one back to me, but I suppose that’s not a good enough reason not to perform even this simple act.

Please, please do let me know on how your Human Writes (love that sentence!) project goes. I think I’ll try and keep that as an ongoing theme on My Inner French Girl, to encourage not only myself but others to remember that letter-writing isn’t a chore but an art that anyone can learn and should.

So now, off to write. Not a letter, but the blasted Book, but a letter later this week. Merci again for your kind note!

Salut,
Marjorie

I read your blog often, but never stop to say I’ve been here. Since it is one of my new years resolutions to write more letters I thought this was an appropriate post to say hi. So far I have written zero letters, not even thankyou notes for my Xmas presents.

I love writing letters and even more I love recieving mail – except bills and junk mail. I think letter writing is a dying art and while I love the convenience of the Internet, getting an e-mail will never compare.

Your post has inspired me to go and find some penpals and maybe participate in a ‘Human Writes’ scheme.

Thankyou,

Charlotte x

I love what you said about Amnesty International letters to prisoners of conscience. What a fantastic idea! That’s something I’ve always thought about doing, but, well, you know. Life. Let’s see if we can all be of the same mind and heart and write even just one letter to a prisoner of conscience in 2010.

Oh, and merci for the reminder about the Joshua Bell interview on the DR Show! I actually had forgotten about that. So for anyone wondering what we’re talking about, here’s the link to the interview: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/09/11/18.php.

Uhm, I now have a powerful urge to go and listen to some Joshua Bell CDs. Off to the library.

Have a lovely, peaceful New Year, mon amie!

Salut,
Marjorie

I assume that link is about a darling violinist, ring-a-ding-ding…if so, there’s a podcast of the Diane Rehm show (WAMU) with him…replayed recently as a notable interview.

Happy New Year, Marjorie.