tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post6265661905800028968..comments2024-03-29T08:37:07.724-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Dear ReadersJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-70174578376407470802017-06-05T20:20:47.892-04:002017-06-05T20:20:47.892-04:00I love writing letters and receiving them, but I a...I love writing letters and receiving them, but I admit that over the years my handwriting has deteriorated to the point where people probably do need the decoder ring! There is something precious about the time it takes to put pen to paper and actually write a letter, and something that suggests that the act of writing takes more thought than the act of e-mailing. Silly, but there it is.<br /><br />Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-28914370843372118742017-06-05T14:02:03.327-04:002017-06-05T14:02:03.327-04:00I love getting letters but I'm terrible at sen...I love getting letters but I'm terrible at sending them. I don't want this to be a lost, forgotten art! <br />PS Once when I was in college a blew up a balloon, wrote a letter to a friend, deflated it and mailed it. He called and complained: "Imagine how stupid I looked blowing up a balloon in the Post office to read what you wrote!" My reply: "Why didn't you blow it up back in your room???<br />carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985823239660829148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-62960691382664376682017-06-05T13:09:47.929-04:002017-06-05T13:09:47.929-04:00I used to write lots of letters in the days before...I used to write lots of letters in the days before email. I still do write the occasional letters. One of my favorite Christmas gifts was from one of my sisters, who made an album of the letters I'd sent her when she was in college. She made a quilted cover for it. I stopped<br />writing a daily journal when I got married, so this brings back precious memories of what I was doing while raising my four youngsters. <br /><br />At Christmas I send at least 60 Christmas cards and probably half of them have messages or letters inside of them written by hand. Recently, instead of sending my Washington State sister a long email, instead I wrote a very long letter and sent it. Somewhere in my drawer I have love letters to and from the guy I eventually married.<br /><br />As for a post office, although I do have a mail box, I love going to our little post office less than a mile away to mail packages or get stamps. The sad part is the postmaster said they'll probably be closed down sometime in the next three years. The woman who delivers my mail is so friendly, and when she delivers a package to me, she says a few minutes to talk and gives a treat to Maggie. One day she left a dog biscuit in my mailbox with a note that it was for Maggie. It's so sad that the mail service is hurting because of the internet. Like you, I love getting something in the mail that's not junk mail or bills. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-53729973282515642502017-06-05T10:57:56.956-04:002017-06-05T10:57:56.956-04:00I write (and receive) a fair number of letters.
I...I write (and receive) a fair number of letters.<br /><br />I do have two friends who prefer snail-mail letters, and two who are not tech-savvy (do not own computers or other electronic devices.)<br /><br />But, really, all you need are a number of friends who are incarcerated, and letters are the best way to keep in touch. No access to electronic devices; phone calls are handled by a private for profit company that gives the prison a hefty return, so that a brief call can run well over $20, and visits are restricted, a hassle and a drive away. Letters rule.<br /><br />I don't have any love letters stored away or anything like that. We are not particularly sentimental types, and don't hang onto things like that (we don't remember our wedding anniversary unless one of the kids mentions it.) KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51375395930899652282017-06-05T10:01:12.347-04:002017-06-05T10:01:12.347-04:00I used to, but since I married my sweetie, not oft...I used to, but since I married my sweetie, not often.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-80628427820792511742017-06-05T09:02:49.027-04:002017-06-05T09:02:49.027-04:00I turn my flower photos into cards for friends, pa...I turn my flower photos into cards for friends, particularly those with long-term illnesses, and send them out once a week. I also donate 250 cards every year to a fundraising auction for college scholarships.<br /><br />I regularly contribute cards to "Girls Love Mail", an organization that gives newly diagnosed breast cancer patients a caring handwritten note.<br /><br />So yes, I'm a believer in the healing power of a handwritten card.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-56680813610282233832017-06-05T07:27:27.975-04:002017-06-05T07:27:27.975-04:00I do have letters tied in a ribbon sitting in a bo...I do have letters tied in a ribbon sitting in a box somewhere, but since they have nothing to do with my current squeeze, the next time I find them, I should probably shred them unread.<br /><br />My mother recently gave me back a bunch of letters I had written home from camp and college. The early ones were a hoot.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com