The Victorian Ladies Correspondence Club
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Let me tell you about the Victorian Ladies Correspondence Club.
A few years ago my friend Heather read an essay by Margaret Renkl in the New York Times. Renkl had decided to handwrite a card every day for a year and send it to a friend or acquaintance. After reading the article, Heather decided to do the same.
This is how I started to receive the most lovely small cards, every few weeks or so.
Of course I was charmed and wrote back. I am a stationary and pen enthusiast since childhood; I have a large collection of cards. Sometimes I send them, but not as often as I would like.