Does anyone write REAL letters anymore ?
Gone are the days of waiting for the Postman, opening the letters and reading family or business news.
Not sure that ‘ping’ from the computer telling you that ‘New Mail’ has arrived, and arriving on a 24 hour basis, is as fulfilling. Emails that seem to demand that you reply at once…. even if an immediate reply isn’t needed. Emails certainly seemed to have changed the operational gear of communications.
Maybe getting the writing paper out, finding your pen, gave us more time to digest the mail and consider our response. Letters, business or family conveyed news. News, that by todays instant email standard, would no doubt be considered old news.
But hand written personal correspondence did seem just that… personal, and for some messages, also very precious. Letters form our past history, saved and stored, they tell stories, some famous correspondence displayed in museums…. not sure email print outs, even if signed with an Emoji, are quite the same.
Writing or typing…. the message is the same as always….
Please Remember ….
Stay Safe …. Be Kind…. Look After Each Other
5th October
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