Monday, December 8, 2014

remember these?



For you youngsters out there, back in the old days, people would mail each other handwritten letters. Letters were an art— the loops and swashes of your loved one's penmanship, the weight and smell of the paper, the miniature works of art that you'd moisten on your tongue... Oh to receive a letter!

2 comments:

Hannibal Lecteur said...

For compulsive letter addicts, this blog is indispensable :
http://www.lettersofnote.com/

szaza said...

Thank you for the link— I spent a great deal of time on it. Some of the letters are so deeply touching!