A Card from Stella

Every year in December, I look forward to receiving a 'Seasons Greeting' card from Stella, my ex-boss at the Salford College of Technology Library (England), where I used to work in the late 1970's.

'Have a merry Christmas to N & family with love from Stella'

The card above came last week, although this time there is no long letter to accompany it. Stella used to hand write about her year long activities, photocopy the letter (sometimes up to four pages long), and send it to her close friends and family during the festive season, along with her handmade greeting cards.

Then she started to type her letters using a word processor, duplicate and send them out. But since last year she has resorted to e-mail. In her keeping up with technology, we miss the handwritten letters. Even her cards are no longer self made, but at least they are from the Woodland Trust*, like the one above. Such is life ...

* 'protecting the world's forests for the future'