Comments on: Keepsakes: The lost art of letter writing

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:19:47 +0000

Excellent piece! I think I will steal the idea you stole and see how many responses I get from my Facebook friends. What a great idea!

By: Keepsakes: The Lost Art of Letter Writing :: Samuel Webster

Keepsakes: The Lost Art of Letter Writing :: Samuel Webster — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:29:20 +0000

[...] Originally published for Trespass Magazine – Cover Story March 30th, 2009 [...]

By: Trespass Magazine

Trespass Magazine — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:20:50 +0000

Thank you all lovely people!

Hi Mum!

(from sam)

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:19:08 +0000

Great piece, Sam! I no longer have a clackety-clack typewriter, but you’ve convinced me to start hand-writing again, woo-hoo!

By: Rosanne

Rosanne — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:08:58 +0000

Every Sunday afternoon of my childhood, my mother sat and wrote a letter to my grandparents in England. Every week a blue aerogram with lovely curly handwriting arrived from my grandmother in return. The letters were left on the kitchen table for all of the family to read. Although they were weekly they were never banal. They included the musings and emotions of my grandmother as well as the activities of her week. Without those letters I would have had no contact with my only grandparents as a child. Through them I felt a connection to my family heritage. Long live the letter!

By: Heid

Heid — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:45:24 +0000

This was so nice to read. Felt old and dusty in the way yellowed old paper from a treasure box should feel. Writing is such an expression and an art – you captured that most beautifully. I can’t wait to recieve my letter

By: Sarah Ayoub

Sarah Ayoub — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:54:35 +0000

Sam I love the words but I didnt expect any less. I am going to go a little different and say I REALLY LOVED the shot of the typewriter Good work!

By: Another Alice

Another Alice — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:28:02 +0000

Sam, you have such a lovely way with words.

In Officeworks today on a whim I bought a discounted pack of lovely coloured paper…. I’d better start collecting addresses for a big mailout (maybe mailout’s not quite the right term – reminds me of mailmerging margeting letters at work)

Anyway, good stuff!

By: Miss Sandi

Miss Sandi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:46:17 +0000

What a wonderful idea. I love letter writing, and I still, though not often enough, write a letter to a friend just for the hell of it. I have, from over the years, boxes and boxes of letters from friends. Sometimes, I sit back and immerse myself in them. There is nothing more sincere, more honest or more touching than a letter.

I love that you wrote them all from different places. Wonderful piece Sam, gave me goosebumps.

By: Samuel Webster

Samuel Webster — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:22:52 +0000

Tara – get on the bandwagon, you can start by sending me one, I promise to reply.

K – i’m glad you liked it, have you replied to your 10 year old cousin? He might be yearning for some contact!

Alice – Join the movement, there are many postboxes to be filled!