Rajiv Surendra - Off topic (somewhat) + note to Alyce

It is always fun to run across someone new (new to me - he might have been around for a while) in the world of lettering. There is a tie in with mail in his bio. Here is the beginning of the bio:

ABOUT  12 years ago I came across a pile of old letters, written in the mid 1800’s.  I was fascinated with the beauty of the penmanship and began to copy the style of writing using my pencil, at school.  I switched to ballpoint pen a few years later, but it was only when I discovered the original pens used for this form of writing, wooden pen-holders with tiny metal nibs, that my writing began to flourish.

I’ve developed my own, unique style of calligraphy based on penmanship styles from the past few centuries.

There are tons of cool examples on his site.
So far, I have not found an address for him. It might be fun to drop a note in the mail. He has not posted on his blog in a year. I hope that means he is too busy with high paying jobs - and not that he has no work. That would be sad. Or maybe he was just going through a phase.

http://lettersinink.com/blog/


SHOUT OUT to Alyce:
I was just scheduling my annual Xmas story to appear on Xmas eve. Because I have some new readers, I thought I would add a link to the story I ran last year. While I was retrieving the address to make the link, I happened to see your comment:

Time to address the last dozen Christmas cards. I'm publicly stating that I am going to start making my cards for next Christmas in January. It hasn't worked just telling myself.


So - how's it going, Alyce? Will this be the year that you stay on top of the holiday mailings?
I know my plan is to do my December exchange envelopes in November. Let me know if you need some additional nudging as we barrel towards the holidays.