I still do, and there is a great deal of pleasure in writing by hand, with good paper and a lovely fountain pen.

I come from a family of letter writers and to my great good fortune, still have several cartons full of letters received from people now gone from this world. Those letters are like a physical contact with the past, since the pages were touched and handled by people now gone, or alive and far distant. I think my love of writing stems from letter writing when I was a child.

Like you Andrew, I am left handed. My handwriting is quite lovely to look at as a page of script, but difficult to decifer. I usually need to have a blotter under my hand as I write, because otherwise the ink becomes blurred.

Your description of the pleasure of the hand written letter is wonderful.

Wonderful subject, thank you for starting it!

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I'm another letter writer. I have family in England and write to them often. I enjoy keeping in touch the old-fashioned way.

I'm another left-hander, too!

I have to be honest, I don't. But not because I don't enjoy it, but because I feel as though I have horrible hand writing. I have ever since I was a kid. I have tried to improve it, but it never did. So, I rely on the computer, though I will send it IN the mail, like a proper letter.

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I have some a couple/three letters written by my paternal great grandmother...a simple, poor woman from the mountains in North Carolina. I treasure those letters. I'm a bit like Poppet above at times...will compose and print from computer but send via regular mail.

Rick

I love to writing letters to friends

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I'm a letter writing, thank you card giving and a short-note card delivering fool!! Doesn't it just make you feel better when someone gives you something like that? I have stationary and note cards special made. I like quality stock. It's a lost art and the ultimate act of sincere consideration. I have a beautiful script as well as print, which comes from being made practice my handwriting repeatedly as I was growing up. It is a lost art.

I still do use all of the faster ways to communicate. Hey they are handy. I may not answer my phone, but I answer my emails and texts. However, when I want to make a lasting impression or to really place a pause in someone's day, I give them something they can touch, feel and see me in. Letter writing and notes do that.

My son was not even taught how to write in cursive in school. I was taught that in the third grade and from that point it was a requirement. When I realized that he could not read some script writing, I made him learn. That's right, I pulled out those huge three-line tablets and taught him myself. I also made him practice his printing like crazy. Now if he chooses to use it, that's his choice. He may not. Good handwriting is necessary to clear communication. So much can be lost in the brevity of texting and emailing.

Don't get me started on text speak.

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You sound like the kind of person I'd like to receive a letter from. One who actually thinks about what they're saying, and loves it for the magick of it.

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I do. I write lots of them. I never send them but the are written

I do still write letters often. I taught my children to write letters and to this day they still hand write thank you notes. That is becoming a lost nicety.

I agree with teaching cursive. My children didn't get much taught to them in school, they had a book they had to take home and work on. I made them keep up. Which leads me to story about my youngest. He turned in a paper in high school that he wrote in cursive. His teacher (very young) could not read it. She claimed his writing was too small. She then demanded that he type it and resubmit it. He was sure it was because she could not read cursive. My son taking after me, of course, did type it and turn it in. He found a font that would print it in cursive. She didn't make a single correction on the paper and he received an A. I am sure she did not want to admit she could not read it.

Not sure what that says about our current state, regarding hand writing things. I am happy that my children who are grown now at least can read and write in cursive if they choose to.

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I do write them, not that often, but I still do. I write really long ones too.
Emails and texts are convenient but nothing beats the nostalgia of reading a long and thoughtful handwritten piece.

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I still write them too, but not as often as I would like, modern communication is simpler.Sometimes if too much time passed, I remind myself that in these days letter is like mental gift to a person receiving it.

Most adorable letters that I wrote were for my nephew. He is now nearly 6 months old and the first letter for him I hid behind Harry Potter books that I got him for welcome to this world. His parents still didn't find it; it would be lovely if it would stay hidden until he starts reading :); and couple I sent to his address, those they opened but I explained in the letter that he should't resent his parents for doing that, adults are just this way, hehe. I am having fun writing letters.

I do write some letters, however I write lots of postcards. I joined a postcard a site where postcards are exchanged with random members throughout the world.

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I do!!! :) I have my niece and nephew enjoying it also .... They write to me and my daughter and we write back ... We've been doing it for couple of years now:)
I've always loved receiving letters and cards in the mail :)

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I just wrote two today to my Aunt and to my son. I really need to write more. I love getting hand written notes in the mail. Email just can't compare to holding a letter in your hand that someone took time out of their day to write. Today, being surrounded by all this technology it is even more special to send and receive them.

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I do. For the most part this is probably me exchanging sweet notes and little letters with my 8yo, but I do love to write. It feels good to put pen to paper, something that has become so foreign to many in this digital age. I also love stationery and and using good materials.





These comments are exactly why I still like to write, as I too adore receiving handwritten letters, cards and notes that give you those feelings. There is something really special about it.