on the subject of letters....

 from the excitement that you get from seeing a letter from someone you want to hear from in the mail when you pick it up, to getting to choose where to be when you read, to writing a reply. i am convinced that letter writing is a dying art form.  the handwriting of someone familiar will tell you their state of mind. letters are also wonderful because when you touch it, you are touching something that the other person touched long enough to form all the letters on the page. it resonates with their essence, and they seem a bit closer for a while. 

 i really miss them