I like writing letters, to people and to things and just in general. They help me organize my thoughts in a slightly logical progression, and when I have lots of thoughts I can get them all down somewhere without them getting disorganized or getting lost in the air, which happens when talking, or when communicating with the other person at all.
Letter-writing, I believe, lends itself to being almost a lost art form. With constant communication, you can have conversations nonstop, all the time--real conversations, which letters don't allow for--and with little delay.
But there is still an electric thrill in receiving a letter. In taking the