At AoM we’re great champions of the lost art of letter writing. Emails, texting, and the wide variety of other digital mediums available to us in the modern age are convenient and efficient, but they can’t hold a candle to the warm, tangible, classy nature of handwritten correspondence. Letters are the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door.
Of course, snail mail doesn’t need to replace our digital messaging — it’s just a satisfying activity (and even hobby, if you’d like) to take part in from time to time. It’s nice to have a pen pal or two you correspond with through real letters; being able to open the mailbox and find an envelope addressed to you is a true delight.
via 7 Letters to Write Before You Turn 70 | The Art of Manliness.
Appreciate your thoughtful comments here Jane. This is a worthwhile read for everyone!
First the picture cracked me up. A woman rocking in the chair but the originating website is The Art of Manliness. OK – so we all women and men have a mother and grandmother. I write so many letters and cards in one year I tell people that if Hallmark goes out of business it will be because I quit writing cards and letters.
I have written each of those letters many times, except the one to myself I believe I have written only twice. Now that I read this, I’m thinking I should write one to my 70 year old self. It’s not that far away.