A Call for Birthday Cards

A dad in McKinney, Texas, has requested birthday cards for his nonverbal son with autism. Already, many cards have poured in. If you'd like to help make the 8-year-old's birthday special, read the full story on the WFAA website for more details.

Maya Angelou stamp design revealed

The US Postal Service has revealed the design for the upcoming Maya Angelou stamp. It is scheduled to be released on April 7.

Snail Mail Cafe

Sarah Bentley has created the Snail Mail Cafe in Brooklyn, NY. Check out a news report on the concept:

Letter Exchange

 If you're looking for like-minded people to exchange snail mail with, take a look at the Lovely Letters project. Created by Esther and Jacob of Local Adventurer and co-hosted by Jordan of Beer Time With Wagner, Lovely Letters has been pairing up blogging penpals since last May.

Read more about Lovely Letters here and here.

 Happy Letter Writing!

'Victory or Death' Letter

In honor of Texas Independence Day, March 2, let's take another look at "The Travis Letter."

Written in 1836 by Commander William B. Travis from the Alamo, the letter requested help for the besieged Texans who were fighting the Mexican army. You can read more about The Travis Letter in "The Ultimate Texas Letter" post from 2013.

The letter is housed at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin and will be on display through Friday, March 6. If you can't make it to Austin, you can see the letter online at https://www.tsl.texas.gov/travis-letter.html.

What to do on a snow day?

If you're having a snow day like we're having here in North Texas, it's a great time to write some letters!

This is the highway outside my house. (Photo by Tony Pilkington)

InCoWriMo

For at least the third year in a row, February has been declared International Correspondence Writing Month, aka InCoWriMo, by a group of dedicated letter writers. The month-long letter writing project seems to be headed up by Eric Schneider of Highland, Calif.

There is at least one InCoWriMo participants can enter, and the website includes a list of people to whom you can write.

InCoWriMo has a a website, blog, Facebook page, Twitter feed and some videos. Check it all out by starting at the website: www.incowrimo.org.