Quirky Letter Writers Gifts

Ask Sadie. Dear Sadie, Why are you a Yankees fan? Purple pinstripes are WAY better than blue ones. Go Rockies! See ya in the series this year! -Love, prettyinpurple. *(Actual reader letter) Ask Sadie at rudy@rudypark.com. Why do I like the Yankees, Rudy? Dunno. Why do I like Cuban cigars, 100-year-old port, John Wayne, Albert Einstein rubbing my feet while I bathe in salt from THE DEAD SEA?! Um ... Why must I be subjected to letters like this?!?! I can't get past the Einstein thing ... (This car

Santa Claus's Mail

"It's a letter from the Vatican. They say that whilst walking the streets without stepping into dog poo is nearly as miraculous as walking on water, it's not sufficient to canonize me!"

"Dear Wendy, please excuse the tardiness of my response to your recent tweet from Hoboken."

The Apostle Paul receives a reply from the Corinthians.

Letter Collecting Nerd

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

Letter writing lady.

A stylized man in pyjamas

'Awww, isn't that nice: This one says 'PS: Love to Rudolph!''

Dear folks. Well, you were right; being the prettiest gator of the Everglades hasn't helped me one bit.'

'Of course creative writing is important. You want to write home for money when you go away to college,don't you?'

Indian snake charmer charms a snake.

Inuit post arriving by parachute.

Help! Trapped on a desert island cartoon...

'Well people who said the SRA wasn't up to the job are going to have to eat their words now.'

Ask Sadie. Dear Sadie, I am 62 years old and was fired from my job of 22 years just before xmas 2010. What should I do? Sincerely, Irene. Attack! Stop! Enough, Sadie. Haven't you been listening? The mean-spirited, virulent partisanship of talk show hosts must end. People were hurt and some died. Aren't you the ultimate partisan, you coot? That's different lady! Fasten your seatbelts.

'Remember that Op-Ed piece you wrote last month?...'

"I'm writing to mother to let her know how you're doing.Is deathbed one word or two?"

"I don't know the letter carrier's name, but I can't help thinking of him as 'Bill'."

Reading the love-letter

"We live so far away that the postman posts our mail to us."

The incredible journey: why your letter took two weeks to reach Connecticut

"Take a letter, any letter"

Mail and Femail restrooms for envelopes.

Letter from Camp* (*with Footnotes)

Penfriend

Ask Sadie. Actual questions from actual readers! Dear Sadie, when are you going to spend a few bucks and get a read hairdo? That sorry hairdo you sport makes you look like an exotic parrot. You look like you should be sitting on a pirate's shoulder. - Redheadboy. My initial response might sound like a non sequitor: During the Hoover years, I dated someone in the FBI. I've continued my ties with the agency. I mentioned this insulting @#$% letter to my contact there and: What do you know?! He was

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty sure you're single-handedly keeping the U.S. postal service in business."

"'Dear Mrs. Zeus?!' The name's Hera!"

Penfriend

Quill

''Return to Sender'...? Dang! - I brought the wrong ENVELOPE!'

Actually, I really admire him. He pushes the envelope!

'He's a man of few words. Words to the editor not included.'