When We Wrote Letters: The Sixties, Vol. 1 is a nostalgic time capsule of handwritten connection. Long before texts, emails, and social media, communication meant pen, paper, and the thrill of opening a letter. This unique volume gathers decades of scanned letters, postcards, report cards, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and other keepsakes sent to author Sheri Smith from the 1960s onward.

Some messages came from friends, grandparents, and an aunt. Others (the most meaningful) are from her parents, full of lessons they tried to instill in their strong-willed daughter. A few notes are decorated with charming artwork; others are blurred by time yet still included, preserving their spirit. You’ll even find TV Guide blurbs cut out and pasted into diaries during the original Star Trek era, proof that Sheri was a Trekkie before the term existed.

Each page is a window into another era, one where we read more, wrote more, and could actually spell. These pieces capture humor, love, longing, and everyday life “in the olden days” — and they remind us of the joy of human connection in its most personal form.

This is the first in a planned series released by decade, each volume chronicling a lifetime told through ink and paper. Dive in, smile, and maybe even chuckle as you rediscover a world that once was.

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