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Writing letters, the old-fashioned way; In the age of e-mail and IMs, lowly handwritten note coming back
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Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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March 19, 2006
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NEW YORK - Melissa Walker follows a ritual when she opens her
daily mail. She goes through all the bills and the boring printed
stuff first. Then, if it's one of the lucky days, she takes a deep
breath and savors the prize: a handwritten, hand- addressed note from
her dear friend in Wisconsin.
E-mail might have revolutionized our communication, making it
faster, easier, more practical. But that doesn't mean the handwritten
note is dead. Instead, the act of putting pen to paper seems to have
gained in currency. Now, it's what you do to say something special,
or heartfelt, or really important.
It's not a question of being e-mail ignorant. Walker, a history
professor in South Carolina, spends ...
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