Even when I was a child, letter writing was a dying form of communication. The motto of AT&T was to “reach out and touch someone,” and they weren’t talking about licking envelopes. Soon we had email, ...

In fiscal year 2024, the Postal Service delivered 112 billion pieces of mail, a loss of 101 billion pieces, or nearly 50 percent, from fiscal year 2006’s peak of 213 billion. Let that sink in. We’re ...

This article originally appear in October 1984 issue of Town & Country. I am not among those who believe that letter writing is dead. My idea of heaven, in fact, is having at least four letters to ...

Letters did not count [as writing]. A woman might write letters while sitting by her father’s sick-bed. She could write them by the fire while the men talked without disturbing them. The strange thing ...