You’ve got Mail!

Well, you all know I’m a fountain pen nut.
My fellow pen worshippers at FPN came up with a great idea: Let’s send postcards to each other, put our pens to work.
I’ve sent out 6 so far, and they certainly are going to some far flung places.
In turn, I’m getting some from Aruba, among other places, and got one yesterday from the Shetland Isles. (Val would loooove not just the postcard, but… it came from a real Scot, with a really scottish name: Angus.)

It made me think.
I’m looking forward to my mail again.
I get home, and my first glance is in the mailbox, to see which incredible place I have a card from this time.
Of course, being pen nuts like me, the cards sport a variety of inks, in all colors and shades. Yes. Ink.
No ballpoint pens for me.
Now go wash your mouth out, for even thinking the word.

These days, we correspond with everyone via email. It’s fast, free and we get a reply almost instantly if the other party is so inclined.
These days, we are losing the art of letter writing. Our penmanship has gone to hell. Structure is non existent. We forget how to write without a spellchecker.
Letter writing is an art.
It would be sad to lose such a skill, so here is another resolution from me:

I am going to write – by hand – letters and cards, at least five per month.

Lets face it… who doesn’t like getting a letter, or a card, in the mail, rather than a bill?

Silke

Silke writes paranormal romance, and knows a thing or two about things going bump in the night. Although it is usually her, creeping to the kitchen at O' Dawn Thirty to score another cup of coffee. She grew up in Germany, but her home of choice is in the UK, where she lives with her partner on the outskirts of London. Her first book Smitten is now available from Decadent Publishing.

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Tags: letters, penmanship, postcards, Writing