tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811594279356769253.post1361233886083174120..comments2024-01-01T13:37:02.825+00:00Comments on The Balancing Kiwi: The Art of Letter WritingSerenatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08473750681150978115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811594279356769253.post-8757677548008030522014-01-02T07:57:35.083+00:002014-01-02T07:57:35.083+00:00I, too, use a fountain pen to write snail mail. I...I, too, use a fountain pen to write snail mail. In fact I have a <a href="http://galenote.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/real-letter.html" rel="nofollow">collection of them</a>. I agree that the loss of the written word on paper is likely to be a huge loss to the future understanding of people. I have letters going back more than fifty years from a friend who emigrated to Canada (we are still very close) and letters to and from my Mother (I lived two days travel away from my parents from the age of 30). I could go on but will spare you. The long and short is that there will never be a real replacement for the written letter because of the ethereal nature of electronic communication.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811594279356769253.post-49040549897462520612013-12-29T11:56:59.939+00:002013-12-29T11:56:59.939+00:00I have had the same thoughts as you and even wrote...I have had the same thoughts as you and even wrote a post about it once though I can't remember just when and I got an enormous response from people who said the same. There is something about holding in one's hand the piece of paper that the writer held in their hands just a short while ago and I have several friends with whom I exchange occasional proper letters as well as writing e-mails. I know that e-mails. texts, telephone calls and other forms of communication all have their place and could be argued to be more eco friendly as no paper is needed, no trees cut down, no petrol used in their transport and so on but there is just a certain something about the real thing which can be savoured in the garden, over a cup of tea, in bed anywhere really in a way that other forms of contact cannot. I also love to re-read mine and save them for another day too. What will there be when the technology disappears to let other generation know how we lived, loved and what we enjoyed etc? Sorry seem to have gone off on one as they say!Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.com