Putting things in envelopes

[gurdonark]

I went to a charming wedding this morning, for our accountant, who has known my partner and I for years. Her twins were simply gorgeous 6 year old attendants. The wedding was in the fellowship hall of a Church of Christ, after which they opened the doorway to tables with good food. Tonight my wife and I go to a Vera Cruz style restaurant for a nice dinner out.

Now, though, I'm stuffing envelopes for a court mailing. Lately, I think about the power which hard copy letters have for me. I love to type out long letters, or write them in long-hand.

I believe that e mail is wonderful, and weblogging is a similar sort of wonderful. But I also believe in the needlessly verbose, gimmicky, silly letters I used to write before e mail was invented. I think I'd like to write that kind of letter again. Would you like to receive one? My track record on mailings this week is imperfect, as I owe some postcards of a lake hike to 4 people. But I figure I can correct all sins, and have some fun writing letters over the next few weeks. Wanna play? or rather, receive? I promise each one will be personal to each recipient, but I don't promise much in the way of brilliance beyond that.

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Comments

[nancyjane.livejournal.com]

i agree there's things to be said for the hard copy. when i was an active graphic designer i insisted on print work, loved to smell the ink, see the colors, hold the pieces or see them on display...

as far as mailing hard copies... there is need for that too. because of following some tangential ideas ducklet brought to my mind, i ended up researching writing to people in prison, serving time. of course they don't receive email/use computers. i have enjoyed sending letters/postcards to them. i bring this up just as maybe it would be something that would interest you too, dunno

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

good idea!

[lonestarslp.livejournal.com]

I can attest that your letters are worth receiving. I still have some that you wrote me in college, and they are hilarious and nicely illustrated!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I believe one of my first letters to a mutual friend of ours compared my writing style to a mix between Jerry Clower and CS Lewis. I wonder if the comparison is not still apt!

The older Winslow Boy is even more wonderful than the Mamet film. Remind us to loan it to you. Robert Donat and Margaret Leighton are stunning.

[thebigfatman.livejournal.com]

...and not to Bliss, though that is my preferred moniker, because my new postal delivery person is dumb/lazy enough that even with names clearly labelled on the side-by-side boxes, my downstairs neighbor's mail keeps ending up in my box.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

will send it to your "real" name! Good.