{"id":42295,"date":"2016-03-11T17:08:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T23:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=42295"},"modified":"2016-03-11T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T23:08:58","slug":"letter-writing-club-celebrates-snail-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/03\/11\/letter-writing-club-celebrates-snail-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Writing Club celebrates snail mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_2355\"One\u00a0Sunday afternoon every month, a handful of Lawrence locals keeps the love of snail mail alive.<\/p>\n

Letter Writing Club, a project launched by downtown art\u00a0gallery and shop\u00a0Wonder Fair, meets on the “teenth” Sunday of every month. Eight to 30 writers spend a couple hours together at Decade, the East Lawrence coffee shop, sipping latt\u00e9s or ros\u00e9 and comparing handwriting.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_2363\"Meredith Moore, a\u00a0Wonder Fair owner, said she started the club to build a community.<\/p>\n

“I love club activities and I like getting people together to pursue creative projects,” she\u00a0said. “I think it’s more fun to do things in teams.”
\nAt the Feb. 14 meeting, Lawrence resident Ren\u00e9e Whaley brought a tub\u00a0of blank Thank You cards. Whaley has been a Letter Writing Club member since July 2015 and is now a card-carrying Letter Writers Alliance member.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2357\"“It forces you to slow down and think about what you want to say,” Whaley said. She said she writes a lot about what it’s like to live in Lawrence because reading about different home towns is her favorite part of keeping pen pals.<\/p>\n

Moore said the goal of the club is to take a break from life and write letters. Like every Wonder Fair product and club, Letter Writing Club\u00a0celebrates what Moore calls “everyday creativity.”<\/p>\n

“We want people to look in the window of Wonder Fair and think, ‘Wow, that place is so cool’ or ‘so Lawrence,'” Moore said. “And we like\u00a0to be ‘so Lawrence.'”<\/p>\n

The next Letter Writing Club meeting will\u00a0be Mar. 13 at Decade. Letter writers\u00a0can bring their own materials or purchase Wonder Fair letters and post cards during the meeting.<\/p>\n