More seriously, thanks for generous words. It's been a sheer delight. I've bin thinking about the direction of my newsletter, but one thing I wouldn't wish to change is our correspondence.
What an awesome recap! Rebecca, you’re so organized. I’ve still yet to journal my trip to Scotland in late Sept, of 2022. All the notes and ephemera are still lying in a pile in my art studio. And I too had to look up “persiflage”--amongst others.
Thanks for the fun trip down memory lane. It seems each year for me, the lane gets shorter and shorter.
Love your writing, artwork and banter with Terry. ❤️
Happy, happy sigh. Ah the memories. I still adore that synchronised swimming routine. And lovely to see you both looking so happy to finally meet. It’s been a pleasure to eavesdrop on your private conversations. 🤗😘🥰
Loved this retrospective, especially your video on how to make a proper cup of tea. My Dutch relatives put milk in their, tea, too. Sunday afternoons at 3 was my family's tea time, and we would sit round the table and have tea in proper tea cups (I still have mine and my grandmother's tea cups).
Asking for a friend: Do you ever warm the milk before you add it to the tea?
I also like Terry's reference to one of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, in describing the bus stop puddle.
Thanks to you and Terry for adding to my reading joy in 2023 with your weekly letters.
I love this so much! No, I'm not British, so I marvel at the sayings unfamiliar to me. Hmmm...who will exchange correspondence with me? Hopefully, someone as "chortlesome" as Terry.
What fun! Thank you for this reminder, Rebecca. I loved seeing the swimmers again. And your sweet faces with tea mugs. And your water color with pine is gorgeous. I do hope you and Terry will continue your letters.
Golly, this just made me realise how fast the year has gone! The thing is, I remember each of those letters. It feels like yesterday.
This has been such an often hilarious exchange between the two of you. Well matched, I'd say.
Also, Rebecca - you may have started something with the whole letter-writing thing. Go you!
Thing is, I just want more people to write letters to each other OFF Substack. I want letterboxes filled, the excitement of making a cup of tea, (oh alright TF - coffee), opening the envelope, listening to the crackle of paper as leaves are unfolded and then the delicious reading - sinking into another world!
Thank you for the year that was and here's to 2024!
A wonderful review of your correspondence through the year. I particularly enjoyed the synchronized swimming and all the talk of tea and then ordering coffee at your first meeting. Had me in stitches 🤣
Thanks, Rebecca. Sorry, do I know you?
More seriously, thanks for generous words. It's been a sheer delight. I've bin thinking about the direction of my newsletter, but one thing I wouldn't wish to change is our correspondence.
What an awesome recap! Rebecca, you’re so organized. I’ve still yet to journal my trip to Scotland in late Sept, of 2022. All the notes and ephemera are still lying in a pile in my art studio. And I too had to look up “persiflage”--amongst others.
Thanks for the fun trip down memory lane. It seems each year for me, the lane gets shorter and shorter.
Love your writing, artwork and banter with Terry. ❤️
Thank you both for bringing some chuckles over the last year. May there be many more in 2024 xxxxx
Happy, happy sigh. Ah the memories. I still adore that synchronised swimming routine. And lovely to see you both looking so happy to finally meet. It’s been a pleasure to eavesdrop on your private conversations. 🤗😘🥰
Loved this retrospective, especially your video on how to make a proper cup of tea. My Dutch relatives put milk in their, tea, too. Sunday afternoons at 3 was my family's tea time, and we would sit round the table and have tea in proper tea cups (I still have mine and my grandmother's tea cups).
Asking for a friend: Do you ever warm the milk before you add it to the tea?
I also like Terry's reference to one of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, in describing the bus stop puddle.
Thanks to you and Terry for adding to my reading joy in 2023 with your weekly letters.
What a beautiful friendship!
I really need to go back and catch up on my Brit reading! :)
Hope you had a great holiday and an upcoming safe and happy New Year!
I so enjoyed reading this.
And thank you for sharing it. :).
I love this so much! No, I'm not British, so I marvel at the sayings unfamiliar to me. Hmmm...who will exchange correspondence with me? Hopefully, someone as "chortlesome" as Terry.
What fun! Thank you for this reminder, Rebecca. I loved seeing the swimmers again. And your sweet faces with tea mugs. And your water color with pine is gorgeous. I do hope you and Terry will continue your letters.
The Lost Art of Letter Writing Reclaimed. By Terry and Rebecca.
I missed the Gastronomic Shakespeare month. Yummy titles! Lemon of Athens would be a sour play.
Golly, this just made me realise how fast the year has gone! The thing is, I remember each of those letters. It feels like yesterday.
This has been such an often hilarious exchange between the two of you. Well matched, I'd say.
Also, Rebecca - you may have started something with the whole letter-writing thing. Go you!
Thing is, I just want more people to write letters to each other OFF Substack. I want letterboxes filled, the excitement of making a cup of tea, (oh alright TF - coffee), opening the envelope, listening to the crackle of paper as leaves are unfolded and then the delicious reading - sinking into another world!
Thank you for the year that was and here's to 2024!
A wonderful review of your correspondence through the year. I particularly enjoyed the synchronized swimming and all the talk of tea and then ordering coffee at your first meeting. Had me in stitches 🤣
You are so cheeky!! Loved it