I still write letters, though not longhand. Out of respect for the reader (and so I have an easy copy), I use the computer (and have for decades).

I also send cards, thank you notes (which I just might write out longhand), and postcards.

Some people get long, chatty emails instead of letters. I keep copies of those, too, as well as of any long, chatty emails I receive.

Sometimes the same people get both. I also send news clippings and stuff to people.

I LOVE getting letters, cards, postcards, etc. Things that aren't bills or advertising.

I also save my letters and those I've received. Just recently I was re-reading letters from 1980, before I met Tom. And from the last few years of the 1970s including letters to and from my former mother-in-law about my first husband's problems with alcohol, lying, and other dishonesty. Makes really interesting reading from this far remove.

I don't text. But, then again, most people don't have my cell phone number. I choose to use the cell phone for MY convenience. I prefer to carry on conversations or business from my land line. It's more comfortable, I can hear better (unless the other person is on a cell phone), and, quite honestly, I prefer to be unavailable at times. I get really annoyed if I'm with someone or a group and they're constantly watching their cell phone to see if they've gotten a text (or a picture of a kitten). My phone isn't a smart phone. It's not a stupid phone (just cell phone), either. It's somewhere in between. I don't pay for internet on it.

Linn