Back home Raymond James Barnes (Jim) from Battleford, Saskatewan joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. A reluctant hero, who served as an navigator, was also a bit of a whiz with the pen, and wrote letters back home often. It was the thought of ‘back home’ that kept many a solider going. Handwritten […]
Journals for a cause
To most of us every seven days means the beginning of a new week. At Sevenly every seven days means the beginning of a new partnership with a non-profit organization where they create and sell unique art designed to raise funding and awareness. For every product sold Sevenly delivers a dedicated donation to that partner charity. Although it […]
Bench Diaries. How you can participate.
A diary on a bench near you It’s been almost two years since the Bench Diary project got started by Dessa Lohrey in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. As explained by Dessa and found in every diary, “Tied to a bench for one day, each bench diary invites those who happen upon it to share their inner (or […]
Take a peek at “Other People’s Love Letters”
“I found a letter on my girlfriend’s kitchen counter and —gulp—I read it.” This dicey predicament led Bill Shapiro to wonder about the genre of love letters and what it is about them that we are drawn to. After exiting the no longer benign kitchen, he decided to explore this further and seek out and […]