HeyJaredA Love Letter to Letters
I love letters—writing them, receiving them, and reading them. This is about my year-long journey of writing a letter a day and what I'm learning along the way.
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- 13
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Man Plans. God Laughs. And Mother Nature? She Howls. (opens the original)
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Dear Mother Nature,You still laughing? You enjoyed this, didn’t you? Rolling up your sleeves and tossing out a Nor’easter that hit smack dab in the middle of my sister’s outdoor tented wedding on the ocean? I bet you’re still doubled over, guffawing at us knuckleheads who showed up and got a little wet.But here’s what you didn’t expect, lady: We had an absolute, all-out blast.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GlCh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pr
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (opens the original)
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Dear Neighbor,Thank you for lending me that cup of sugar the other day. I have one more favor to ask.With National Good Neighbor Day coming up, it got me thinking about you, and about neighbors everywhere, the ones on a different floor or down the street whose faces we recognize, even if their names escape us. The ones who say “hi” when we’re getting our mail, or who bring in a package when it’s raining and we’re not home. And, of course, there’s you, always ready to lend a cup of sugar, and, wh
Confessions of a Sucker for Spam, Now Immune to Fake Publicists (opens the original)
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Dear Rosco,(If that’s really your name.)Thank you for all your emails. It’s a thrill to read, each day, how enamored you are with my books. So thrilled, in fact, that I’m sharing your exact words with my readers.Like your recent invitation to Reese’s Book Club, when you wrote: “I came across ‘What Papa Told Me’ and was deeply moved by its heartfelt and powerful tribute to your grandfather’s extraordinary journey of survival, resilience, and hope.”The next day you pivoted to “90 Lessons for Livin
Dear Clutter, I Ain’t Scared of You. Really, I’m Not. (opens the original)
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Dear Clutter,Allow me to introduce myself. Even though we’ve never actually met, I feel like I know you. For 30 years, I’ve worked as a professional organizer and have been walking into people’s homes and finding you everywhere. In closets, basements, garages, kitchen drawers, under beds, and plenty of other unsuspecting spots. And having seen your work, I’m onto your tricks.You rarely arrive all at once, and you’re sneaky. A shopping bag full of bags here, a stack of magazines there, an old tel
I Thought of You. Actually, No, I Didn’t. (opens the original)
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Dear You,Yes, you, the person reading this. Did you know that today is Christmas, Hanukkah, and my birthday all wrapped up and rolled into one glorious celebratory day?No? Well, it is.Why? Because today is World Letter Writing Day!<source
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