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I certainly do! Until recently most people wrote letters and even now you may find yourself called upon to do it, so today we will let history tell us the best way.

First of all, you will need a piece of paper:

Then, of course you will need someone to write to. Keep in mind that postal workers are nosy and refrain from writing too often to members of the opposite sex. Scandal may result and no one wants that.

When you are writing words it's important to know how to spell them. I know it may seem excessive, but keep the following in mind:

Also, it's best to know a bit about common grammar. Many of us have struggled with the difference between a colon and a semi-colon but it's best to familiarize yourself with the basics of punctuation:

And finally, keep in mind that you are continuing a long-standing tradition that is slowly being killed by the modern world:

Red panda enjoying his treats

~ Singleton’s Nashville Business Directory, 1865

"Attached to the ST. NICHOLAS RESTAURANT is a RIFLE GALLERY and PISTOL GALLERY, a BILLIARD SALOON, splendidly furnished with Sofas, containing eight of the Latest Style and Improved Billiard Tables; also a fine TEN-PIN SALOON."

Why, yes indeedy!

~ The House-Keeper’s Pocket-Book, And Compleat Family Cook: Containing Above Twelve Hundred Curious and Uncommon Receipts in Cookery, Preserving, Candying, Pastry, Pickling, Collaring, &c., by Mrs. Sarah Harrison, 1760

For an Ague (a fever with chills and sweating), by Dr. Mead

Take a Spider alive, cover it with new soft crumby Bread without bruising it; let the Patient swallow it fasting. This is an effectual Cure, but many people are set against it. It has been frequently given to People, who did not know the Contents, and has the desired Effect.

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

~ One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, by C.A. Bogardus, 1907

At the Florence Griswold Museum, an incredible exhibit that made art from the actual bodies of dead insects. Pictured here, cicadas, collected in Thailand. Some of these insects have life cycles where they are born once, every 17 years. Many are eaten almost instantly by birds that are also aware of this cycle and wait for them when they are just starting to emerge from the ground.

Florence Griswold Museum

Sneaky kisses

Can't find many offerings that are specific to your deities? These are some offerings that are pretty universal offerings for all of them.