Magazines
1. 2 New York Review of Books
2. 3 New Yorkers. The anniversary issue at the end of February has always been a
reproduction of the original cover in 1925, showing a dandy named Eustace
Tilley.
That issue this year is a satire of that cover.
3. 4 The Nation
4. Poets & Writers
5. Milk Street (a new cooking magazine by the founder of
Cook’s Illustrated)
6. 6 newsletters, including the Hightower Lowdown, Church
& State, Healthy Aging, and Mind, Mood & Memory
Money
Then there
were my pension checks, bank statements, and donation receipts for tax
reporting. Also a bill from a doctor who saw my husband briefly in his last
days in the hospital, 15 months ago. Can it really take Medicare that long to
process bills?
Finally,
solicitations for donations from the Center for Reproductive Rights, the
American Humanist Association, Planned Parenthood of New York City, the Hospice
Support Fund, and the ACLU. I’ll give money to some of these organizations
after I check out the ones I don’t known on Charity Navigator.
Such an interesting post! What your mail tells about you. There is emotion, in your husband's late medical bill- I hope that wasn't too hard to receive. The subscriptions show your interests and the solicitations show your concerns. This would make a good element in a piece of fiction- helping to develop a character by going through their mail :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, developing a character by having him/her going through mail. And it could be postal mail or e-mail. Thanks!
DeleteInteresting post...I'm wondering where you went and how long you were gone. That's a lot of mail!
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For almost a month, I was in Hawaii and California near Santa Cruz, trying to avoid the cold of a New York winter (which hit me hard on my return). I hadn't expected quite so much junk mail -- just looking at it and deciding to toss took time.
DeleteI make lists, too. Interesting what happens when we make lists of our mail. It can reveal a lot about who we are and what we care about.
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