Writing

From the "Rangeviews" column by Pegy Sanders in the Rapid City Journal:

My habits are slowly changing.  As I have been researching the Civilian Conservation Corps and continue to seek information, books, photos and discharge papers from the public, I have received hundreds of letters. To each person I have endeavored to send a hand-written letter in response, although I admit a few were composed on the computer.

In the middle of this CCC campaign, I was notified that the Journal had received a package addressed to me. It was not the first time I had gotten mail at the Journal, and I assumed it concerned the CCCs. When I picked up the package, there was a gift of a lovely, soothing little book, "The Art of the Hand Written Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication," by Margaret Shepherd.

Yeah, I used to write lots of letters.  But now, hardly at all, if ever.  Email started to appear when I was in graduate school and now unless people have email I basically lose touch with them, which is a shame.