Stamped Letters

I like mail.

I like to get letters from family and friends. I like to see my name and address handwritten by the sender. I like to check out the stamp and post-marked date.

I like to slit open the envelope and pull out a card, a note or – if I'm truly lucky – a letter.

I like to peruse lines of handwriting – cursive or print, slanted or straight, tiny or scrawling – an art as unique as each writer. I like to read the words – especially those that transport me into conversation with the writer.

In return, I like to send off envelopes – and sometime packages – filled with heart-felt thoughts and addressed to special people. I like to ask the post master: "Do you have anything FUN?" when I buy a book of stamps.

The whole postal process seems to be a dying art. But I savor this communicative form and look forward to hand-written, Stamped Letters.