Like video killed the radio star, it’s easy to feel that texts and emails have spelled the end of letter writing. Sure, the simple act of putting pen to paper is a rarer occurrence today than it was - ...

How many times a day do you sing the alphabet to your little one? Probably more times than you can count, right? With ABCs come 123s, and because children learn through repetition, you’re probably ...

Although a well-organized letter may be taken for granted, a poorly executed letter can be the deciding factor as to whether the message within the letter is understood, or even acknowledged. The ...

Is letter writing a dying art? Not so fast. In today’s day and age, retro is cool again. Nostalgia is huge, and brands are increasingly marketing nostalgia to consumers who want to return to the 1990s ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

LETTER-WRITING is commonly bemoaned as a lost art, for which explanations abound. Where people once wrote letters, they now make long-distance calls. Press, radio, and television now broadcast news ...

Concerned about a friend or a loved one who may be feeling the winter doldrums? Try writing them a gratitude letter. By Gina Hamadey If you are looking to make someone — even yourself — feel better ...

In 1956, the editor William Maxwell was having some trouble with beetles in his roses. “[W]hen I come on the shreds of one that was exquisite in the morning and raddled by noon,” he wrote to one of ...