So, no mail on Saturdays as of August 5th 2013. What do you think of that? I didn’t think of one day off as much of a loss until I considered the slippery slope. What if it was decided to not have mail at all anymore? Could suspending Saturday be just the beginning of the end of mail service as we know it? Obviously, I embrace technology ~ I am blogging to you…and I adore email ~ but the stopping of snail mail in its tracks? I am not ready for that. Call it quaint, old fashioned, romantic but nothing can compare to getting a handwritten letter in the post. Agree?
Thank you cards, Christmas cards, love letters? What about pen pals? Magazines? …Oh don’t get me started there….I know it is a dying medium, but I will hold on to my subscriptions as long as I can. Let’s have a moment of silence for two of my favs that have gone already ~ DOMINO (I will never understand that..head shake) and HOUSE & GARDEN ( Dominque Browning, I mourned with you )
Back to the mail, or lack thereof…
Some romances may not blossom without the mail. What would have become of the love between Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir without mail? I daresay, that relationship would have withered on the existentialist vine without the mail service. Personally, I would have lost touch with my friend & pen pal Jodie without mail service. We met at Trinity College in Dublin while “studying” law. During that summer abroad a friendship grew and it has been kept alive through through the mail since 1990. Dogs will miss out as well. Mine in particular, as it is a daily ritual to bark like crazy when the mail man approaches the house.
Did you know, mail service is Constitutionally mandated? Yep, it is…so an act of Congress could reinstate Saturday service. I vote to keep the mail service coming, even just once a week or so…ala the pony express. I think there is a place for it all…email, text, evite, paperless post and paper post. What do you think? I would love to hear your thoughts and “meet” you ~ I am thrilled by all my new subscribers, so let me hear what you have to say. You could drop me a letter in the post, but a comment would be great!
Consider this a virtually delivered snail mail note (try to imagine it complete with heavy envelope and a deep burgundy wax seal) to congratulate you on your lovely new blog!
Best Wishes,
S.P.
I just unsealed your envelope and I am speechless ( this rarely happens…) Oh my, yours is the BEST “mail” I have gotten in a long time. Thank you Slim Paley, you are truly as you read ~ a very wonderful lady, with a big heart, clever mind, sharp wit & incomparable taste. Please know how appreciative I am that you read my blog. Of course I voted for you in the Homies & wish you all the best.
Kelly
There is nothing I loved more then my “love letters” as a teenager. I had a long distance romance and every week I got a love letter in the mail. I would blush and hang on every single word in those letters. Then in my 20′s I had another long distance romance. My heart would skip a beat when his letters would come.
Although Email is wonderful and super convenient, it just isn’t the same. There is something about a hand written note, the paper it is written on, the postmark, and at times the smell of the correspondence. I will never send out a Christmas card or a Thank you card via email. This is where I draw the line.
I hope that snail mail will continue for many years to come. I would love for my children to experience what I did in at least one love letter the old fashion way.
Danalynn
What a beautiful comment..thank you for sharing. Just reading about your love letters made my heart flutter a bit. I bet you still have your letters all tied up just like the last photo.
Thank you,
Kelly
TUCKED AWAY IN A VERY SPECIAL CABINET I HAVE STORED OVER THE YEARS HUNDREDS OF NOTES, CARDS, LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO ME THAT I COULD NOT BEAR TO THROW AWAY. I TIED THEM UP IN BUNDLES WITH SPECIAL RIBBONS. EACH SENTIMENT, WHETHER IT BE A CELEBRATION, GET WELL,THANK YOU, MISS YOU OR JUST “HOW ARE YOU?” BROUGHT A MEMORY & SMILE TO MY HEART.
IT IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS GETTING A “HUG!” LONG LIVE ‘SNAIL MAIL”!
Here is a HUG … thank you for sharing those lovely sentiments.
I like this post because i sort of agree with you. I like the suspense of opening a letter instead of reading the subject on an email. But i still think email is much easier and faster… but less romantic and heartfelt.
Kelly, I ‘m so glad you started a blog. Thanks for stopping by to let me know. I signed up to follow you (if I did it right
) I’m adding you to my blog roll so I don’t miss out on anything.
I totally agree with your great post about the mail system. Nothing like receiving a personal handwritten letter!
Unfortuantely I don’t have any letters kept, but I have a whole file of my husbands e-mails with love notes!…
Nice blog!
Excellent idea! I will do that too. My husband is anti-hallmark cards & very techie, so I get my “love notes” on the computer for the most part. I will make a special file as you have. Thanks for your kind words about my blog. I am just starting out & appreciate the boost of confidence! Hope you will follow it as I have some great posts coming up…
Kelly