Why send snail mail in the technological age of speed? Options available on the internet provide keystrokes, spelling, and grammar control. Zip and off goes email, a text or a tweet.
For me, it's not about efficiency or avoiding the text-speak in symbols. I love to write letters.
Texting is a seamless part of everyday life. Writing a letter reveals the way a writer's ideas and thoughts color a page.
Texting is a seamless part of everyday life. Writing a letter reveals the way a writer's ideas and thoughts color a page.
I feel sad that many children today have no idea about cursive writing. They haven't felt the joy of the ink scent on paper. If asked they might respond that a fountain pen means a water feature in a theme park.
In our fast moving world, who takes time to visit a stationery store for a card or stationery? An email will do and many online greeting card sites exist.
In our fast moving world, who takes time to visit a stationery store for a card or stationery? An email will do and many online greeting card sites exist.
Within a decade, the postal service may not sell stamps. I remember when stamps went from a three cent self-lick to the peel-and-stick variety. Dull stamps gave way to art forms and forever stamps.
I still love to surprise friends with personalized cards and notes they have to take time to open.
Surprise someone today with a penned letter.
Surprise someone today with a penned letter.
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