Day 1 - AFP Congress, Toronto

After one day on the tradeshow floor at the AFP Congress I can safely say that if there is anyone who is going to keep letter writing alive it is fundraisers!

Remembering Those who Served...

Charles Victor Hewson
Served WWI

Killed 1916, Royal Flying Corps

Excerpt from a letter found in the breast pocket of his jacket and returned with his effects.

26^th, December, 1915

My dear old Victor,

You can’t imagine what a quiet little party we are tonight and how much we miss you. Is it not nice to be loved and to know that we shall always be with you and I trust when not on duty — for of course that must be your first and highest ideal­— that your thoughts will turn to those who are thinking of you.

It Is What It Is, Or Is It?

The harvest is pretty straightforward.

On Day One of my Minden residency, way back in September, I described how I scan each letter so that I can clip portions to populate the categories: To; From; Salutations; In Closing; Postscripts; XO; Home; Bearings; The Way She Wrote Her M's.  

  

Determining a category for the body of a letter is where the fun begins.