Email seems more like work than relaxation. Fingers work without thinking and gotten ahead of your thoughts, letters of some words occasionally swapped around to say, "Off to Splading to do the shopping." How many times do you use the delete key, or highlight sections of text for deletion? Do you regret pressing that send button?
Handwriting letters demands time and you don't have to finish a letter in one sitting. Let your thoughts take you on a journey, and allow your soul to come through the ink. Internet missives tend to be soulless.
Penfriends can be true friends. It may happen straight away in the first received letter, or it may take longer to cultivate and bloom.
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good companyDo you see people sitting on their own in a busy cafe, but writing letters? They are not alone, for they have friends through paper.
