I love my Google alerts. They’re like little literary elves dropping scrolls of fascination straight into my inbox. Recently, one such gem had me swooning. It was an article about historical writing boxes, those elegant tools of the trade that once carried ink, imagination, and intrigue across continents and centuries. I fell hard. And fast. … Read more
Okay, confession time: I’ve developed a brand-new obsession—and I’m not even trying to hide it. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen me post snapshots of my incoming and outgoing mail. Postcards, letters, decorated envelopes, vintage stamps—it’s my happy place. But there’s something else I love tacking onto those posts: songs. And not … Read more
My footlocker is stuffed to the brim with old letters. Some are crisp, and some are worn thin from flipping them open again and again. Paper scents blend with faded ink, and the dates stretch across decades of my life. Flipping through them, it’s clear these aren’t just pieces of paper. They’re a scrapbook of … Read more