Handwritten letters in the mail are the dinosaurs of correspondence ... Instead of 40 letters, mine seem to be 40 cheery little notes. Certainly, a call would be easier, a text would be faster ...

"We will get around the strike by sending email greetings and appending a note apologizing for the delay 'because of the mail strike' to any card," Strong said. Dolan, the postcard enthusiast in West ...