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Actor Beatrice Arthur as the TV character Maude. Anny Scoones writes that one of the first letters she ever wrote as a child was to Arthur, and the actor, surprisingly, wrote back. CBS
Canada, A Portrait in Letters by historian Charlotte Gray is a fascinating read, writes Anny Scoones, full of historic as well as contemporary correspondence. Anchor Canada I just spent a delightful week teaching writing to a lovely, intelligent group of children on their spring break. We had a very animated, enthusiastic debate on the relative benefits of writing with paper and pen versus email, texting or other technology (either way, I see Canada Post is encouraging us to send messages by snail mail).