C. H. Brandt
Chambersburg
RR6 (Pennsylvania)
August 12, 1945
Dear Family,
Hello folks & how are all of you this fine Sunday. Just fine I hope as that is the way I feel.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roumieu
Bar sur Loup, close to Grasse, Maritime Alps, France
Ludwigshofen, June 2, 1944
My very dear parents,
I’m sending you these few words to share some of my news. First of all, I can tell you that we are all in good health and I hope that this letters will find you the same, my dear parents, as well as the Fécaud and Giordamanga families. READ MORE
Photos from Louise Dillery’s private collection.
“I’m bored.” Louise spells out the word for emphasis as she laughs: “B–O–R–E–D.” The remark does not come across as a complaint, just a statement of fact.
Louise Dillery is 94 years old. She understands why she can’t have in-person visitors or go out and get her hair done. She doesn’t feel compelled to break the rules. She knows the stakes of COVID-19 and what it will take to get through this. This is, after all, not the first time she’s been forced to stay inside: nearly seven decades ago, Louise spent 19 months quarantined inside St. Paul’s Ancker Hospital.READ MORE
Saturday, May 6, 1944
Dear little Alice,
I received your two letters of April 5 and 12. I’m confirming it to you, in case you didn’t receive my letter from Buching [?]. READ MORE
Jacksonville E.F. Sunday
Feb. 12, [18]60
My dear Madame,
It is with painful emotion that I write […] to communicate the intelligence of the death of Mrs. Hemming which took place only today at 4 p.m. which although sudden at its close was an event long anticipated.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roumieu
Bar sur Loup, close to Grasse, Maritime Alps, France
Ludwigshofen, January 21, 1944
My very dear parents,
I have just received several letters dated December 20, 23, 25 and January 1 that pleased me very much, for they brought me your good news and I can see that your health is good, and I can tell you that it’s the same for all of us.READ MORE
Have you seen the ten-year photo challenge that’s making the rounds on social media? It’s where you place a photo of yourself from a decade ago next to a recent photo of yourself to see how much—or little—you’ve changed. The side-by-side photos that have filled my social media feed combined with the oh-so-many articles encouraging people to reflect on the last decade got me thinking.READ MORE
Let me start by noting the primary motive for publishing Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate was not to make money—it was to tell the story of the design of the typeface and share the contents of Marcel’s incredible love letters.
That being said, I didn’t seek to lose money in the process either.
Let’s begin with the question I’ve heard a few times about my TEDx talk: “How did it happen—were you invited? Did you apply?”
On October 22nd and 23rd I had the honor of giving presentations on Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate to audiences in Fall Creek and Menomonie, WI. Both events were part of the Chippewa Valley Book Festival.
November 2, 1944
Dear Madame,
I am sending this little card to give you some of my news that is still very good and to announce to you that I have become a free prisoner several days ago. READ MORE
Elizabeth Reaser as Inge and Tim Guinee as Olaf in Ali Selim’s SWEET LAND. Photo: David Tumblety
Let me begin with the why: why in the world would I watch the same movie every night for three weeks? READ MORE