Send your love through the mail …

It’s that time of year again! “What time of year?” I hear you ask. InCoWriMo is coming! Yes, you did hear an excited squeal.

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This will be my third year of participation in InCoWriMo, the International Letter Writing Month. I don’t know when it started. The idea is that you attempt to average one handwritten letter per day for the month of February, so this year it will be 29 letters. There is a website, and an address book, from which you may select people, with similar or different interests to you. Letters don’t have to be long, because it is the effort that counts.

So why take part? Three reasons, so far. There may be more, so don’t hold me to that figure.

1. Mental health benefit: when my depression was keeping me chained to the house, as loud noise was a big problem for me, setting myself the target of ONE letter, or postcard per day was achievable. Then, once a week, I could also attempt the walk to the village Post Office to buy stamps. If that was too hard, I could ask my husband or son. But it was a start.

2. Stationery: Goddess! All that paper and stickers and coloured envelopes and crafty stuff like ribbons and snippets and … Yes, there was squealing involved again. Creating a thing takes a bit of time. That’s why I enjoy cooking, because it means I have found time to do it. So, being mindful, I think it is described now. A few minutes to write that postcard.

3. Pens and ink: as that top picture indicates, PENS! Not biros or rollerballs, but this is my chance to break out my fountain pen and ink collection. I love writing with a fountain pen. There is something incredibly soothing in the process. So what if I have ink on my hands?

The motto of InCoWriMo is “Send your love through the mail”. But what should one write and to whom? Here’s a list, courtesy of Goulet Pens:[image error]

That last one, a letter to a future self … write the letter and put it in a keepsake box. If you remember where you put it in your old age, drag the box out and read those letters.

Cookery Section

I tried the microwave mug cakes. They were not that bad. Apple crumble, which I shall make again tonight. Only needed nuking for 1.5 minutes.

Writing Stuff

A shout out to my baby sister, Annelise, who gifted me with a £40 voucher from Amazon. So far, in the name of research for other book ideas …

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