thewrittenword

i have recently been exploring - perhaps re-exploring or even rediscovering completely might be better terminology - the long form written communication technique known as the letter. ok, in actuality i have been using email as form, but substance has all been letter. a friend, one might say my only friend, lives a very long ways away. she has many jobs and also looks after her family. this makes her quite busy. we have communicated off and on for the last several years mostly through IM/chat of various types. however, of late her work situation has made even that infrequent method difficult. i suppose i could call, or she could call me, but international rates still aren't free. there are alternatives, but for some reason we have never tried skype or even the video chat available in google (and no i do not know why; perhaps someday i will avail myself of these options, but not as of now.)
which leaves us with...
the letter. email. long form written communication.
whatever.

surprisingly, i have been enjoying it.
i will admit it is often difficult to get started and i still wonder what to say, but so far, she hasn't been unhappy with the attempt. at least not that she has said to me.
so i will continue to write. erratically. spontaneously. inarticulately.
maybe someday, i will even use (gasp) a pen. and paper.
imagine the horror.
i know.
me too.

try it out. let me know what you think of it.
write me.

out.

ps. i will be reposting this on google+. if you follow both, you can write me twice. or just skip one and see what happens.

post-out.