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Writing letters, the old-fashioned way; In the age of e-mail and IMs, lowly handwritten note coming back

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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