Letter of the Week

  • Outside earlier, putting out peanuts for crows and jays. A crow stood on the deck edge, waiting for me. Now, I love crows and ravens (and bluejays). Corvids are so damn smart and curious, and yes, they have brought me gifts. This morning: one massive crow, the bumps on its legs and talons easily visible

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This is a curated selection of letters that left a mark on the world, on someone’s life, or just in the margins of time.

Each is transcribed with care and respect for the medium that first carried it: the typewritten page.