About

The Acorn Quill Society is a monthly snail mail club from me, Amy Ratcliffe. A few things aligned just so to spark the idea for this mail club. Most simply, I'm a writer. I like creating. After years of sending my newsletter Roads Go Ever On and hearing from others how it's like getting a warm hug in their email inbox, I wanted to make something more tangible. And for the past two years, I've been exchanging handwritten letters with a dear friend instead of texting or catching up via video chat. The acts of sending mail to them and receiving letters back about their life brings me so much joy. And then I learned about the wide, lovely world of snail mail clubs!

I want to spread the feeling you get when you're flipping through the mail and you spot something different. Not a bill. Not junk mail. Not a catalog you didn't sign up to receive. 

An envelope that feels cozy. Warm. Like the look of autumn leaves and the smell of the first flowers blooming in spring. I like sharing the quiet moments in life - the ones likely to pass us by if we don't pay attention. Like an acorn shaped so perfectly with its cute little cap that it's hard to believe it's real.

If I can bring that kind of quiet moment to others, what else do I need? (Okay, I guess some basic necessities like food, shelter, and cat snuggles, but you know what I mean).