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Let’s revive the art of personal note writing! These posts will teach you why handwritten notes and letters are such vital connection tools. You’ll also learn how to write notes that comfort, encourage and inspire.

Words, Words, Words

I’m honored to be a guest this morning on Karen S. Elliott’s The Word Shark blog as part of her “Words, Words, Words Week.” My guest post is called “Words, words, words: tools for touching hearts and lives.” It was wonderful to reflect on letters and notes I’ve received in the past and to be [...]

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You Are Your Words

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It’s not often I read an article/essay and get excited by the pure pleasure of the way the words are put together. That was my happy experience this morning in reading Shawn MacKenzie’s amazing contribution entitled “You Are Your Words” to Karen S. Elliott’s “Words, Words, Words Week” on her Word Shark blog. Every paragraph, [...]

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Do You Want to Make the World a Better Place?

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I thought so. So do I. And there’s no better place to start than right where we are. Today. Now. Let’s accept the challenge of a young woman in Ireland, Virginia Salas Kastilio, on her new website A Kinder Day. Take just a small step to create a kinder day for someone else and add a bit more [...]

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Happy Dance! Love Notes

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Welcome to guest blogger, Elizabeth (Liz) Farrar, who agreed to share this delightful post about note writing. It originally appeared on her “Bella Vita” blog in September, 2011. She mentioned Heartspoken at the end, and at least one of her readers came to visit here and leave a comment. Aren’t connections wonderful?  Did anyone catch [...]

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Computer-generated notes lack sincerity

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Most of my business-oriented advice is shared at RiverwoodWriter’s Connection Blog, so if you have a small business and want some help navigating the ever-changing landscape of effective marketing and business etiquette, head on over and subscribe so you don’t miss anything. Earlier this week, I was honored to welcome guest blogger Peter Post, grandson [...]

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Know someone away at school? Write them a letter!

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The volume of handwritten notes and letters has unfortunately gone down in recent years, but doesn’t that make them all the more special? My niece’s first week at college coincided with her birthday, so I decided to write her a letter instead of just sending a card. It made my day to see this on [...]

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A back-to-school message that touched my heart

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Do you write letters and notes to your children? I didn’t do it as much as I should have, but I was inspired by an article called “The Talk” by Glennon Melton in the Huffington Post. Melton has “The Talk” with her children every year as they are starting school, and she shared the one [...]

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The Letters You May Never Mail

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It’s “Notewriting Day” at Heartspoken.com. The first Friday of each month this year will focus on reviving the art of personal notewriting. I consider notewriting to be one of the most powerful connection tools available.  Personal letters and notes usually have a simple purpose such as conveying thanks, news, sympathy, or congratulations, but not always. [...]

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The Art of Writing Notes

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Welcome to today’s guest blogger, David Curry, who has generously given me permission to re-post this article he wrote for his own blog on 12/08/11 at Rescue Mission. It’s another perspective on the importance of personal notes as an effective connection tool. I love that he describes the habit of personal notewriting to be one [...]

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Beware the Digital Grinch!

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Note: This article was originally written for my Facebook Group, “Revive the art of personal note-writing!” Steve Leveen is doing his best to keep the flame of personal note writing alive in his article from The Huffington Post: “The Digital Grinch has Stolen our Christmas Cards.” Steve is one of my favorite writers. He blogs at [...]

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From Papyrus to Paper…a Journey Through History

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Part of the joy of writing personal notes is the enticing array of beautiful handmade papers available from artists and stationers. In my writing, I’ve explored connection from lots of angles, but a recent online acquaintance has helped me connect with the earliest history of paper. I “met” John Gaudet on Google+. I happened to [...]

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Four Very Cool Note Writing Connection Tips

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NOTE: This article has been adapted from one that originally appeared on my Facebook Group page: “Revive the Art of Personal Note Writing!” Happy October to each of you! I have four unrelated—and very cool—tidbits to inspire you to write more personal notes and improve your personal note writing skills: Receiving a personal notes touches [...]

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Jason Wright is singing my song…in perfect harmony!

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Introducing Connection Messenger, Jason F. Wright How cool is it to be Facebook friends with New York Times bestselling author Jason Wright…cooler yet that he lives right down the road (by country standards) and is an active part of our community here in Shenandoah County!  Jason is a quintessential Connection Messenger. He believes in the [...]

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Sympathy Notes Pep Talk

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NOTE: A shorter version of this article originally appeared on my Facebook Group page: “Revive the Art of Personal Note Writing!”  Next to Thank You Notes, Sympathy Notes are perhaps the ones we are called on to write the most often, yet for most of us, they are the hardest to do. What do you [...]

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Bird and Landscape Notecards from Jackie Catterton

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Connections with Nature…Connections with Others I am constantly thrilled and fascinated that even connections are connected! Jackie Catterton’s charming notecards bring the natural beauty of the Shenandoah Valley straight to your writing desk. These images never fail to brighten my mood and whisk me outdoors in my mind. I love sharing them by writing personal [...]

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Experience Jackie Catterton’s watercolors in person…

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Jackie’s Personal Appearances & Art Displays My friend Jackie Catterton (who is also a Heartspoken Connection Messenger, because her art connects us with Nature and with God’s creation) will be displaying her beautiful watercolors and notecards at several upcoming events in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Virginia, and I’m posting her schedule below. New pricing in [...]

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Overwhelmed by wedding thank you notes?

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NOTE: This article originally appeared on my Facebook Group page: “Revive the Art of Personal Note Writing!” I hear from newlyweds that the list of thank-you notes they need to write is almost paralyzing, especially when they can type faster than they can write. It really does feel overwhelming! Take a deep breath and read [...]

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Don’t Make Note-Writing So Hard!

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Originally written for Facebook Group “Revive the art of personal note-writing!” We all put off writing personal notes…somehow we think they have to be perfect, neat, and eloquent, and that means we have to be in the right mood. Not! That is the devil on your shoulder talking, and I’ll vouch for the fact that [...]

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Does a personal note have to be handwritten?

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NOTE: This article originally appeared on my Facebook Group page: “Revive the Art of Personal Note Writing!” There are many times when etiquette and custom and sentimentality call for a handwritten note if at all possible. There is something so much more personal…more intimate…more special about going to the trouble to write something by hand, [...]

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Celebrate Spring with Floral Watercolor Notecards

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Set of 4 Floral Notes by Jackie Catterton Don’t miss Jackie’s Bird and Country Landscape Notecards too!   And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was [...]

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