Inspired by La_spices' post I was thinking back to the last time I wrote a letter. Not the complaint letter, or a scabby note to the docs for a repeat prescription, but a proper letter to update a friend on news.

I have one family friend (a dear lady from my childhood) that I write to, but even that is lucky if I do so 3 times a year! Yet I do so remember the days when you'd sit down to a letter from someone you hadnt heard from, with a cup of coffee and a bit of cake and sit back and enjoy their news.

Now the post just brings junk, so I have decided I am going to give myself a new challenge. I am going to get back in touch with people I haven't spoken to in some time and instead of emailing them or texting them I am gonna try to write them a nice long letter with all my news.

I've hoards of letters from friends and family that I've kept over the years, I'd hate to think that I will receive no more. My only sadness is that I have no choice but to trust my letters to Royal Mail.

So, when did you last write a letter to someone you care about? And will you take up the challenge to write a letter a month to someone you care for? Just think of the smile on their face when they get home from work, go through their mail and find a handwritten letter in amongst the junk.

SWALK

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