As I begin this column, I have just finished updating my Christmas card log. Yes, I still mail paper Christmas cards and I track those send and received in an actual book. It’s small phone directory, which is another disappearing part of our culture. Writing down mailing addresses—the house number, street, town, state and zip code—seems so quaint nowadays. I …
Shop local? Good luck with that
Life perks along until that one day you realize the awful truth: time has passed you by. It happened two weeks ago. Three things on my shopping list could not be had: a glass egg plate, a Christmas card address book and a recipe file box. Over the course of 10 days, I tried to buy these things locally. I …
Keep those cards and letters coming–and going
If you’re Old School like me, you know early December is Christmas card season. If you have several out-of-towners on your list, you’re preparing a holiday letter too. By cards, I’m not talking emailed Jib Jabs or eCards by Jaquie Lawson. I mean old-fashioned stamp-it and mail-it cards. Determining who to receive your holiday greetings isn’t rocket science, but if …