Self-isolation and shelter-in-place orders mean, among other things, that wanderlust is at an all-time high. But travelers are born innovators. Many are refusing to let the pandemic crush their bucket ...
Edward Montour’s background is chilling even for the unusual pen pal site on which he’s seeking love and companionship. In 1998, a jury found the Colorado Springs man guilty in the beating death of ...
In the age of e-mail, instant messaging and Twitter, Matthew Esler is an old-fashioned pen pal. Over the past decade, he's corresponded via snail mail with dozens of people, mostly women, from around ...
This year’s surgeon general’s report detailing “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation” drove home the dramatic psychological and physical consequences for people living without the human ...
Baltimore independent bookstore The Ivy Bookshop is starting a Young Pen Pals Club to connect those ages 7-14 with each other via letter writing. Each participant will receive stationery, stamps, and ...
Looking for a new friend? Here's a possibility. She's 31, likes waterfalls and working puzzles. She also likes Mickey Mouse, and she loves rainbows. Oh, and there's just one other thing: Awhile back, ...
When Paula Warner was a little girl, she would run to the mailbox to see if her pen pal had written her a letter. Even though she is now 77 years old and bound to a wheelchair, she has that same child ...