I was kinda thinking about how we're sort of lost the art of hand-written things. In some respects I'm pretty pragmatic about it and don't think most of it is any big deal. Unfortunately times have changed, handwriting is no longer elegant and we have so much stuff that holding onto a single note or piece of paper, let alone the dozens we would receive if this was practiced today, seems somewhat impractical (maybe not to a scrapbooker however).
Maybe a blog or an email can be just as romantic or sentimental. Maybe it's the words and the recognition of the time spent to think about it is what's important, not the medium. It just seems strange that after thousands of years of writing things down we are no longer doing that... because it's just more convenient. I myself am a contributor for sure. Or maybe people are still doing this, I hear enough little stories from my sisters and sister-in-laws to know that their husbands are doing this. So, maybe it's not as lost as I think, just trying to view the large scale picture.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
