Dear Wolfpack -

(And I'm afraid to ask what you think about Chapel Hill - that loveliest of towns)

I am much more into snail mail than e-mail - even though we are connected thru the intertubes right now. I like getting e-mails, but I like getting cards and postcards even more. There's something about the physicality of a card and seeing the handwriting of your friend or family member - even if you can hardly read it. Yeah, postcards cost and so does postage - but I enjoy sitting down on a park bench and writing a line or two. I don't have to worry about finding a computer or an outlet or making sure my batteries are charged. I can write a card or two in my tent in the evening by flashlight - or in the morning before I am ready to get out of the sleeping bag.

Have you considered an old-fashioned journal? I still keep one. It allows me to write up the day's experiences sitting by the creek. I guess if you have one of them new-fangled mini notebooks, you can take it out by the creek just as easily. But I believe that there is a qualitative difference in putting pen to paper and jiggling a keyboard. Just me and my 2c.

J