Writing Through Clouds

Hi, everyone –

Sorry for the disappearing act! It’s been a very busy month, plus there were some behind-the-scenes changes that needed to be made to the website, but everything is now finally under control . . . under control . . . under control . . .

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Ooops, missed one. Okay, now everything is under control. There are a lot of exciting things coming up, and I’ll be writing about them here soon. I just wanted you to know that I’m still here. Thanks for hanging in there, and remember to keep your chin up!

Paul

It’s been a busy May here at Writing Through Clouds, but almost all of it backstage! But I finally found time to start editing Erich’s letters to his pen pal John Taylor. For starters, I’ve scanned and posted the very first letter here. I hope you enjoy it!

And don’t forget, if you have any questions about that time and place that you wish you could have asked Erich, chances are John asked Erich about that very same subject. So leave me a comment or e-mail me with your question, and I’ll look through the collection and post Erich’s response!

Many thanks to my friend Roan Horning for designing the new theme for Writing Through Clouds that you see before you in all its splendor. The blog feels like a brand new playground, doesn’t it?

Ahhh, smell the freshly-cut grass!

In 1938, people didn’t have e-mail, blogs, or instant messaging. They had letters — snail mail to you — and they also had pen pals.

Shortly after Erich became an apprentice mechanic at the Zeppelin Company, he began corresponding with a pen pal in the United States. Erich’s pen pal saved all his letters, and thanks to him you can now read Erich’s own “blog”…

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The first feature article on the Seeing Through Clouds website is now up!

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