What was the last time you wrote a letter by hand?

Last week I had to write a sympathy letter to a close work associate who lost his son. It was a difficult task only because my hand writing is atrocious.

I do postcards every once in awhile. I sometimes do my own drawings on them. I’m hoping that nothing happens to the servers with all this era’s communications so future generations won’t see a big blank spot in contemporaneous documentation evidence or our times. I think that would be terrible. There would be no explanation for our behaviour.

Last time I wrote one was with the pen between my toes, it was just a footnote…hahahaha <hiccup>

Last year, in an answer sheet for a test. I guess if I ever write a letter by hand no one will read it. These days people around me only accept two kinds of communication: face to face or through SMS/Facebook. Letters are restrained to very formal occassion like a request for school authorities. I don’t see letters in everyday life anymore.

I can name quite a few simple things that are being threaten by technology, for example newspapers. People now prefer to read online news and physical newspapers are becoming harder to see. I personally prefer newspapers. The news online may not be so reliable, and too many online news can cause information overload, not to mention news are conflicted to each other. I prefer the time when we wait in excitement for a reliable news report.

I am of an age where the parents of my peers are in their 90s and passing on at a pretty good rate, and, unfortunately, my peers are starting to pass on as well. I hand write condolence letters about once a month.

I hate my handwriting so I’ve always typed or printed my letters—in fact, done so since I was 12 years old. However, I do hand-write sympathy and birthday cards.

Oh boy…maybe ten years or so. I do hand-write long passages in greeting cards I give to people. That’s about as close as I get.

A long time. I do enjoy writing letter type emails but in this age of texting letter writing in any format is pretty much an archaic form of communication. I remember my grandmother sitting down at her desk about once a week and writing letters and as a kid/young person I loved using the old wax stamp seals. The era of the art of letter writing has passed.

January and I’m sure I’ll write a few more this year. I have a some friends I write to a few times a year.

^ What she said, though for me it’s just one friend.

Two weeks ago. A handwritten two-page letter in an envelope with a stamp.

And yes, I do miss traditional correspondence very much, even though I default to the easy way—e-mail—most of the time as well.

A few weeks ago. Will send one more today because of a friend’s significant birthday.

I am a letter writer and card sender and I love to write.
Christmas cards are the highlight of my holiday as I
always write a nice note in them. I keep several
journals I write in and I write to my 100 year young
grandmother every week

What’s funny is that my thirteen-year-old daughter thinks that eMail is the “old fashioned” way to correspond. It’s all about text for her and her friends.

Not too long ago. It was a thank-you note for a Christmas present.

It’s been quite a while. I hand write thank you and birthday cards etc. Otherwise, I type whenever possible. People used to compliment me on my beautiful handwriting. Now, after years of scribbling down notes in interviews, lectures etc. nobody can read my writing. Even my kids and husband have been known to ask for a translation. So I avoid writing letters to people.

Last Christmas. I love writing them and receiving them!

I write letters often and I mail cards often. There is nothing done on a computer and delivered with digital signals into an email inbox that can equal the personal and caring affectionate spirit of a handwritten letter or card. When you receive postal mail from someone far away and hold that piece of paper or card that you know they held and wrote upon, there is a real feeling of connection. I’m sad for those who have abandoned such endearing gestures.