Pen Pals Write - articles written by pen friends!

Pen Pals Write About This Fantastic Hobby!

This page is a collection of pen friend articles written by Inky Trail News Readers, over the many years we have published our pen pal newspaper.

I enjoy helping other pen pals learn how to write letters that will be enjoyed by their friends, to share why we love this snail mail correspondence hobby. This is our way to share our love of the hobby with you!

Inky Trail News is so very fortunate to have all these wonderful, sharing, caring readers who take the time and effort, on a volunteer non-paid basis, to write for you to learn more about our favorite pastime!

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Happy Reading (and Hopefully, HAPPY WRITING after you are convinced this IS the Hobby for YOU!)

Wendy, Editor, Inky Trail News and Friendship-by-Mail.Com

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Bob Burdick says "Pen Pals are Hip!"

Sally French from MI agrees that Pen Pals Pen Pals are a Special Breed!

Evegene Garrison, MO, shares her thoughts that Penpalling - A Way Of Life

Jean Davidson from Maine shares Pen Pals of My Youth and Beyond

Rita Cotton from Mo shares her Lifetime Pals

Writing Pen Pal Letters is a great article by Mardene Eide on the general aspects of pen pal letter writing.

Writing Thank You Notes written by Anna Brooker from England is a great reminder of the importance of thank you notes, sent by postal mail!

The Great Paper Chase - a Stationery Collection , Written by Marjorie L Sallee, tells the story of all penpallers and their love for stationery.. but where do you put it all?

My first pen pal is a story by Norma Byrne about her grandparents correspondence.. and later, hers!

Pen Pals for Children -- This hobby has to be monitored by the parent -- but can provide a wonderful introduction to writing for fun! Check out Katherine DeCourtenay's story on her childhood letters and how she has passed this along to her daughter!

Penpalling - A Family Hobby - this story, writen by Carol Sue Osborne of MD, tells the story of a family, generation by generation, who correspond with pen pals!

The British Pen Pal and A Children's Author by Sandra Smith, California is a story on how she found her long lost childhood story books through penpalling!

Marge Sallee revisits her memories of letter writing in Memories of Letters... AND Marge can also help you to Organize Your Pals

Jackie Barlow has a long time friendship -- CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF BEING SNAILMAIL PEN PALS AND BEST FRIENDS!

Evegene Garrison has memories of her Pen Pal From India -- From the Land of the Peacock

Believe it or not, Laura Martin wants you to read about her story on mail and her cat.. yes, anything goes with letter writing as it's a huge part of our lives.

Mailbox Memories Of My Cat

Do you remember penny postcards? Ann Russell shares

�PENNY� Postcards - A Random Memory

Mechele R. Dillard received a letter from Thelma and That Letter Touched My Heart...

Lifetime Friends - happen all the time in the Pen Pal World. They write for many many years, sharing all that life has to offer, across the miles!

Tish Seelinger found her sister via pen pal letters -- no, not a blood sister -- but a wonderful friend who is very special in her life... Sisters of the Heart - Pen pals

In The Letter, The Length, Mary Kugel gives you her two cents on the length of letters. Long letters, short letters, postcards? What is the best way to write to your pals? Everyone has a different opinion -- and they all work! Just depends on your own personal letter writing experiences, your abilities, your pals eye sight -- a whole lot of factors!

Famous Letter Writers - this is not a new hobby!

Stationery Builds Friendships By Katharine de Courtenay -- with postal pen friends, stationery is a necessity, of course. Most correspondence lovers absolutely love stationery of all kinds -- we love to collect all types of paper!

Cyndi Bender shares her great ideas for making your stationery more fun and exciting.. help us stamp out boring letters! Creative Stationery

Some collect stationery and some collect USED envelopes. Yes, USED, mailed, old envelopes -- why would anyone collect an old envelope!? Oh, Maybe you will too after you read Inez McCann from Canada's wonderful My Interesting Mail Collection - from an Envelope Collector

Anna Brooker, from England, shares the addiction of Address Labels for pals... Labels, Labels and More Labels.. Address Labels!

Meeting With an Old Pal is an article by Denise DJ Matthews -- she met her pal in Rome! WOW!

Carol Elek sends Comfort Boxes

Bob Burdick shares a great letter writing experience -- I would hope more teachers and schools might use this superb idea to get students to learn more about the world about them! Bob shares the story of Flat Stanley - a Paper Doll Travels !

Have you written to International Pals? Ann Hamilton from PA shares her thoughts on International Pals

The Most Interesting Pal I Ever Had - written by Faith McClenny from WA about her best pal from Alaska. Same Country -- both from the USA, but very different lives!

World of Pen Pals by Anni Buerkl from Vienna, Austria is another international pen pal article -- by written, from my perspective, BY a foreign pal. It's all relative.. I'm in the USA so Austria is a foreign country for me! Yet she writes about foreign pals (which would be the USA for her!) Grin!

Unforgettable Valentine is a story by Floyd Hugh Palmer, Texas.

Letter Writing Lessons from C.S. Lewis , a great author. This article was written by Laura Martin.