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Ladies Seeking Gentlemen
- A Letter Worth Writing · Box 1042
Scottsdale, AZ. Young at heart, 55, always ready for an adventure. Loves vintage cinema, lively conversation and someone who can laugh at a bad joke. An honest connection, one letter at a time.
Read Box 1042 — A Letter Worth Writing › - Porch Swing Philosopher · Box 1203
Lexington, KY. W, 61, retired schoolteacher with opinions on pie crust and poetry. Seeks a gentleman who reads the paper front to back and still asks questions.
Read Box 1203 — Porch Swing Philosopher › - Dance Card Open · Box 1218
Tulsa, OK. S, 47, N/S. Swing lessons on Thursdays, choir on Sundays. Seeking a steady partner, on the floor and off it. Two left feet forgiven.
Read Box 1218 — Dance Card Open › - Choir Alto, Seeks Tenor · Box 1221
Cincinnati, OH. S, 49, lady, N/S, sings on Sundays and hums on weekdays. Seeks a gentleman with a kind heart and a decent sense of pitch.
Read Box 1221 — Choir Alto, Seeks Tenor › - Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter · Box 1231
Portland, ME. 44, grew up by the sea and still writes letters to it. Kayaks, knits, cooks a famous chowder. Seeks a patient, curious man who likes weather.
Read Box 1231 — Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter › - Fond of Long Walks · Box 1247
Madison, WI. D, 52, two grown children and one opinionated cat. Farmers' markets, library sales, Saturday radio. Seeking a gentle gentleman 50–62. GSOH.
Read Box 1247 — Fond of Long Walks › - Sunday Crossword Partner · Box 1249
Raleigh, NC. S, 50, N/S, librarian by trade, puzzler by temperament. Seeks a gentleman who knows a seven-letter word for affection and uses it.
Read Box 1249 — Sunday Crossword Partner › - Kind Eyes, Quick Wit · Box 1251
Reno, NV. D, 57, lady, casino accountant who never gambles. Seeks a gentleman who enjoys lake drives, big band records and a fair game of gin rummy.
Read Box 1251 — Kind Eyes, Quick Wit › - Weather Watcher · Box 1423
Wichita, KS. D, 48, lady, storm-chaser in theory, homebody in practice. Seeks a steady man with a calm voice and a good umbrella.
Read Box 1423 — Weather Watcher › - Mystery Reader · Box 1457
Santa Fe, NM. 58, lady, solves every whodunit by chapter three. Seeks a gentleman who can surprise her anyway.
Read Box 1457 — Mystery Reader › - Second Act · Box 1503
Pittsburgh, PA. 50, lady, back to college at forty-eight. Seeks a gentleman who admires ambition and does not mind homework.
Read Box 1503 — Second Act › - Porchlight Poet · Box 1505
Savannah, GA. S, 39, lady, writes sonnets nobody reads and grocery lists everybody does. Seeks a gentleman who reads both.
Read Box 1505 — Porchlight Poet › - The Lady Who Still Writes Thank-You Notes · Box 1511
Scottsdale, AZ. I keep a box of stationery by the kitchen window and a fountain pen I am told is too good for grocery lists. I use it anyway. I spent thirty years as a hospital pharmacist, and now I spend my mornings walking the canal path and my evenings…
Read Box 1511 — The Lady Who Still Writes Thank-You Notes › - Desert Wildflower · Box 1518
Las Cruces, NM. S, 46, lady, botanist, knows the name of every cactus and the birthday of every friend. Seeks a curious gentleman.
Read Box 1518 — Desert Wildflower › - Saturday Gardener · Box 1530
Toledo, OH. S, 53, lady, grows dahlias the size of dinner plates. Seeks a gentleman who knows his way around a trowel.
Read Box 1530 — Saturday Gardener › - City Girl Ready to Slow Down · Box 1569
Atlanta, GA. I work in logistics, which means I can tell you exactly where your package is but not where my weekend went. I would like that to change. I love Sunday brunch, old soul records, the botanical garden in spring and a long phone call I do not have to rush.
Read Box 1569 — City Girl Ready to Slow Down › Gentlemen Seeking Ladies
- Jazz and Sunday Drives · Box 1087
Chicago, IL. Gentleman, 62, seeks a thoughtful correspondent who appreciates old records, family recipes and a leisurely Sunday drive. Kindness matters most.
Read Box 1087 — Jazz and Sunday Drives › - Handy With a Hammer · Box 1255
Boise, ID. S, 58, builds birdhouses and fixes neighbors' fences for the conversation. Seeks a lady who enjoys mountains, campfires and long letters.
Read Box 1255 — Handy With a Hammer › - The Night-Shift Poet · Box 1262
Baltimore, MD. 39, hospital technician by night, amateur poet by dawn. N/S, ISO a woman who understands odd hours and good coffee. Will write in verse if asked.
Read Box 1262 — The Night-Shift Poet › - Retired Mail Carrier · Box 1265
Mobile, AL. W, 67, gentleman, walked the same route for thirty years and misses the letters most. Seeks a lady who will write back.
Read Box 1265 — Retired Mail Carrier › - Gentleman of the Old School · Box 1278
Charleston, SC. W, 71, still opens doors and still writes thank-you notes. Gardens, history books, Sunday dinner. Seeks a lady for correspondence and perhaps more.
Read Box 1278 — Gentleman of the Old School › - Weekend Angler · Box 1283
Duluth, MN. 46, D, patient on the dock and patient in friendship. Seeks a lady who laughs easily and does not mind the smell of bait on Saturdays.
Read Box 1283 — Weekend Angler › - Cook Seeks Taster · Box 1286
Milwaukee, WI. S, 44, gentleman chef, off on Mondays. Seeks a lady who will tell him honestly whether the soup needs salt. N/S.
Read Box 1286 — Cook Seeks Taster › - Big Sky, Small Talk · Box 1289
Bozeman, MT. W, 63, gentleman rancher, more comfortable with horses than parties. Seeks a patient lady for long letters and longer views.
Read Box 1289 — Big Sky, Small Talk › - Front-Porch Fiddler · Box 1415
Knoxville, TN. S, 51, gentleman, plays old-time fiddle badly and enthusiastically. Seeks a lady who enjoys bluegrass and front-porch suppers.
Read Box 1415 — Front-Porch Fiddler › - Railroad Enthusiast · Box 1442
Altoona, PA. 63, W, gentleman, knows every timetable by heart. Seeks a lady who will ride the slow train and enjoy the view.
Read Box 1442 — Railroad Enthusiast › - Two-Stepper · Box 1484
Fort Worth, TX. 54, D, gentleman, shines his boots every Friday. Seeks a lady who likes country music and honest letters.
Read Box 1484 — Two-Stepper › - Fair-Weather Golfer · Box 1507
Scottsdale, AZ. D, 60, gentleman, plays nine holes badly and enjoys every one. Seeks a lady for letters, lunches and laughter.
Read Box 1507 — Fair-Weather Golfer › - Lake Effect · Box 1512
Buffalo, NY. D, 55, gentleman, shovels the neighbors' walks without being asked. Seeks a warm-hearted lady who likes snow days and soup.
Read Box 1512 — Lake Effect › - Retired Bandleader Seeks a Duet · Box 1526
New Orleans, LA. For forty years I counted off the tempo for other people's first dances. Now I would like one of my own. I still play trumpet on Sunday afternoons, cook a gumbo that has made grown men weep and keep my shoes polished out of pure habit.
Read Box 1526 — Retired Bandleader Seeks a Duet › - Weekday Wanderer · Box 1533
Flagstaff, AZ. 44, gentleman, D, park ranger. Seeks a lady who enjoys pine forests, starry nights and letters by lantern light.
Read Box 1533 — Weekday Wanderer › Women Seeking Women
- Romantic at Heart · Box 1120
Denver, CO. 40s. Bookstores, dogs, homemade dinners and thoughtful letters. Seeks the sort of woman who reads the last page slowly and remembers birthdays.
Read Box 1120 — Romantic at Heart › - Garden-Variety Optimist · Box 1294
Sacramento, CA. 53, grows tomatoes no one asked for and gives them away. Seeks a kind woman who enjoys antiques, road trips and comfortable silences.
Read Box 1294 — Garden-Variety Optimist › - Chess, Tea, Conversation · Box 1301
Ann Arbor, MI. 36, N/S, professor of nothing in particular. Seeks a correspondent who will lose gracefully at chess and win frequently at conversation.
Read Box 1301 — Chess, Tea, Conversation › - Vinyl and Velvet · Box 1305
Austin, TX. 39, record-store regular and karaoke menace. Seeks a woman who will argue cheerfully about the best album of 1959.
Read Box 1305 — Vinyl and Velvet › - Late Bloomer · Box 1436
Burlington, VT. 45, woman seeking woman. Took up watercolors at forty and never looked back. Seeks someone gentle who enjoys maple season.
Read Box 1436 — Late Bloomer › - Morning Swimmer · Box 1524
Myrtle Beach, SC. 59, woman seeking woman. Swims at sunrise, paints at sunset. Seeks a kind correspondent with salt in her hair.
Read Box 1524 — Morning Swimmer › - A Woman of the Prairie, With Questions · Box 1532
Lincoln, NE. I teach high-school chemistry, which means I am patient, precise and secretly delighted when things go boom. I grow sunflowers taller than my house and drive two hours for a good bookstore.
Read Box 1532 — A Woman of the Prairie, With Questions › Men Seeking Men
- Good Humor Required · Box 1139
Columbus, OH. Enthusiastic amateur cook and believer in second chances. 49. Hoping to meet a man who is curious about the world.
Read Box 1139 — Good Humor Required › - Mountain Morning Person · Box 1316
Albuquerque, NM. 57, hikes before sunrise, naps after lunch. Seeks a gentle man who writes good letters and does not mind green chile on everything.
Read Box 1316 — Mountain Morning Person › - Theater in the Round · Box 1322
Providence, RI. 42, stage manager, cue-caller, list-maker. Seeks a calm, kind man for letters, matinees and the occasional standing ovation.
Read Box 1322 — Theater in the Round › - Quiet Harbor · Box 1327
Mystic, CT. 61, retired boat builder, reads Melville for pleasure. Seeks a steady, warm man for letters by lamplight.
Read Box 1327 — Quiet Harbor › - Coffee at Dawn · Box 1461
Tacoma, WA. 41, man seeking man, N/S. Early riser, ferry commuter, keeper of a very tidy notebook. Seeks a kind correspondent.
Read Box 1461 — Coffee at Dawn › - Small-Town Pharmacist · Box 1527
Lawrence, KS. 48, man seeking man, N/S. Remembers every customer's name. Seeks a gentle man who enjoys board games and barbecue.
Read Box 1527 — Small-Town Pharmacist › - Jazz Pianist, Semi-Retired · Box 1536
Kansas City, MO. 68, man seeking man. Plays standards at a supper club on Fridays. Seeks a gentle listener and a good letter-writer.
Read Box 1536 — Jazz Pianist, Semi-Retired › - Bookbinder Seeks a Story Worth Binding · Box 1547
Burlington, VT. I repair old books for a living — family Bibles, cookbooks spattered with eighty years of gravy, love letters tied with ribbon. I have learned that people keep what matters, and that the best stories are the ones told slowly.
Read Box 1547 — Bookbinder Seeks a Story Worth Binding › Friendship & Pen Pals
- Seeking a Kind Heart · Box 1174
Portland, OR. Enjoys gardening, letters and thoughtful conversation. Friendship first; open to something lasting. Any age 50+.
Read Box 1174 — Seeking a Kind Heart › - Stamp Collector Seeks Same · Box 1337
Omaha, NE. 68, philatelist, widower, tireless letter-writer. Seeks pen pals of any persuasion who enjoy history, geography and postmarks.
Read Box 1337 — Stamp Collector Seeks Same › - New in Town · Box 1349
Phoenix, AZ. 33, recently moved for work and knows no one. Seeks pen pals for restaurant recommendations, hiking tips and honest conversation. Friendship only.
Read Box 1349 — New in Town › - Recipe Swap · Box 1352
Des Moines, IA. Retired cook, 74, will trade one family recipe per letter. Seeks correspondents with good stories and better pound cake.
Read Box 1352 — Recipe Swap › - Chess by Mail · Box 1355
Lansing, MI. 70, gentleman, friendship only. Seeks opponents for correspondence chess — one move per letter, conversation optional but encouraged.
Read Box 1355 — Chess by Mail › - Letters for the Homebound · Box 1358
Hartford, CT. 82, lady, does not get out much these days but reads everything. Seeks cheerful pen pals of any age.
Read Box 1358 — Letters for the Homebound › - Seeks Pen Friend Abroad? · Box 1490
Honolulu, HI. 60, lady, friendship only. Seeks U.S. pen pals who enjoy island stories, ukulele music and long letters.
Read Box 1490 — Seeks Pen Friend Abroad? › - Pen Friend for a Farmer · Box 1509
Fargo, ND. 58, gentleman, friendship first. Seeks correspondents who want to hear about harvests, blizzards and county fairs.
Read Box 1509 — Pen Friend for a Farmer › Widowed & Starting Again
- An Old Soul · Box 1136
Savannah, GA. W, 66. Good coffee, crossword puzzles and a willingness to laugh at life's little surprises. Not replacing anyone; simply ready to begin again.
Read Box 1136 — An Old Soul › - Slow and Steady · Box 1371
Spokane, WA. W, 70, gentleman. Takes things one letter at a time. Enjoys church suppers, baseball on the radio and a well-tended garden. Seeks a lady 62–72.
Read Box 1371 — Slow and Steady › - Learning to Dance Again · Box 1385
Richmond, VA. W, 59, lady. Thirty-one good years and one empty kitchen. Seeks a patient correspondent who enjoys music, museums and Sunday drives.
Read Box 1385 — Learning to Dance Again › - Porch Light On · Box 1388
Little Rock, AR. W, 64, gentleman. Keeps the porch light burning out of habit. Seeks a lady who enjoys gospel music, fried catfish and long conversations.
Read Box 1388 — Porch Light On › - Grandmother of Six · Box 1478
El Paso, TX. W, 69, lady, makes tamales by the hundred at Christmas. Seeks a gentleman with a big heart and a good appetite.
Read Box 1478 — Grandmother of Six › - Library Volunteer · Box 1521
Cedar Rapids, IA. W, 72, gentleman, reads aloud to children on Tuesdays. Seeks a lady who still loves a good story.
Read Box 1521 — Library Volunteer › - Sea Glass Collector · Box 1539
Cape May, NJ. 62, W, lady. Walks the beach every morning. Seeks a calm gentleman who appreciates small treasures.
Read Box 1539 — Sea Glass Collector › - Ranch Widower, Good Cook, Bad Speller · Box 1553
Billings, MT. My wife used to correct my spelling and I would let her. It has been four years, and my children tell me it is time to write to someone new. So here I am, spelling and all.
Read Box 1553 — Ranch Widower, Good Cook, Bad Speller › Seasoned Romantics, 65+
- Still Writes Cursive · Box 1392
Tucson, AZ. 77, lady, sharp as a tack and twice as stubborn. Seeks a gentleman who can keep up with a good letter and a long walk.
Read Box 1392 — Still Writes Cursive › - Navy Man, Retired · Box 1408
San Diego, CA. 79, gentleman, still tells the same three stories but tells them well. Seeks a lady who enjoys the ocean and old songs.
Read Box 1408 — Navy Man, Retired › - Ninety Is the New Seventy · Box 1411
Sarasota, FL. 90, lady, still drives (carefully), still dances (slowly). Seeks gentleman pen pals with good manners and better stories.
Read Box 1411 — Ninety Is the New Seventy ›
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Abbreviations: S single · D divorced · W widowed · N/S non-smoker · ISO in search of · GSOH good sense of humor. Locations are city and state only — never an address.