One day earlier this month, I dropped by the newsroom to check my mail.
The volume of snail mail has slowed to a trickle these days, but I still occasionally get a handwritten letter, and it always lifts my spirits.
For a certain generation of Times Free Press readers, a handwritten card or letter is still the apex of civilized communication, or more to the point, Southern manners.
A personal email, while always appreciated, is sterile in comparison to a letter.
Putting pen to paper, licking a stamp and dropping off a letter at a post office shows a level of investment that most people simply aren’t willing to make in 2020.
I’ve noticed that about 90% of postal letters are positive, usually either notes of thanks or congratulations.
Imagine my delight then, when my recent newsroom visit turned up not one but five pieces of handwritten mail.
I immediately