Do You Tell Writers You Love Them?

This week, as I waited for a large pile of dirt to be delivered to my backyard, I wrote a note to Camille Dungy expressing my appreciation for her new book.

from my friend Hillary’s FB page

My friend Kathleen–a great conversationalist, herself a vintage-finding treasure–sends handwritten thank you cards to authors. I learned this when I was on a walk with her one day and she popped a robin’s-egg-blue card in her mailbox to a writer. I love this about Kathleen, how she sends these letters. A handwritten note …