After Rhonda Pierce described this Life Shift as a “gift of time,” I thought about one thing I like to do when I have free time. It used to be on a long plane flight when I’d take out a note-card or two to write to a friend or family member. Now I have TIME to write to lots of people while seated at my table at home!
It’s a pleasure to have nice note-cards, paper, and postcards and a smooth flowing pen. My personal philosophy is that a handwritten note sent in the mail is ALWAYS welcome, and often a wonderful surprise because we just don’t receive them very often anymore. And, handwritten thank you notes are the best way to be positively memorable in the mind of the recipient. (If I was asked to give a graduation speech, that’s what I’d share.)
So I’ve written to most of the people in my address book. A letter or note is a gift and shouldn’t be sent with any expectations, but I have happily received a few letters in return. In fact, if you write to me, I’ll send you a note in return on a card from my vast collection of stationery. Box 87, Aurora MN 55705.
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Mary Mulari’s husband, Doug, is Mayor of Aurora, Minnesota. In February 2019, Mary went with him to a Regional Minnesota Mayors meeting up north, in a small town called Baxter.
Mary Mulari lives in the Minnesota Northwood’s. In 1984, she got laid off from her teaching job. She started to experiment with various techniques for decorated sweatshirts, and developed classes on that topic for community education programs in area schools. She couldn’t have known it at the time — but those early classes about restyling plain sweatshirts became the basis of a very successful career in the sewing industry. Mary is one of the busiest, most well respected speakers in the country — and her seminars and workshops are often sold-out. She has written 20+ books on topics ranging from appliqué designs, zipper projects, machine embroidery techniques, travel gift ideas and Sew Green projects. Mary became the most frequent guest on the popular PBS series, Sewing With Nancy. Her interest in recycling and upcycling has always been at the core of her love of sewing and creating memory gifts.
