I really miss having penpals and writing letters. It used to be a pretty big part of my life. I would start a letter and keep it with me in a book or something until I had finished it a few days or a couple weeks later. It was like writing in a journal except that you really had some sort of audience and were communicating with another person through a record of your thoughts. I always liked holding something that someone else had spent time making and writing on. You could almost imagine them sitting at a table somewhere scribbling away. It was a way to get to know the secret, quiet side of people, the meditative side. Email is good for the immediacy it brings, but what’s wrong with waiting for something and feeling the anticipation build? Email is too sterile, and usually too brief.
Hey, I was just thinking the same thing!
I really do miss letters, especially the ones we used to write. So, how about it? E-mail me your current mailing address and we’ll get back to writing to each other. You know I’ve never been much at a loss for things to say.
YES, please mail me.
YES, please mail me.