In today’s computer age of e-mail and text messaging, the art of handwriting appears to be going out of style. Yet, it wasn’t long ago that the fountain pen was standard issue for school children to learn proper penmanship. in spite of the emergence of the ballpoint and numerous other technological advances, these promotional pens [...]

When I was in school having pen friends was the rage of the students. I remember one of my friends in the neighbourhood, SNS, who was having friendship with a girl from Australia, Jena. it was such an important matter at that time that today, even  after a gap of about 36 years, I vividly remember the [...]

I’ve been hiding a secret from you! I joined this amazing group which is hosted by Lindsay of The Lean Green Bean which is called Foodie Pen Pals…and is exactly as it sounds, pen pals that are based all around FOOD. we get matched up with a “Pen Pal” and instead of just writing to [...]

52 Weeks of Mail  Of course we all love the internet, but there are many among us who just love to send and receive cards and letters. When you think about it, it’s amazing to realize how easy it is to send cards, letters, and greetings anywhere in the world. Sometimes it takes a while [...]

These days I’m a city girl, with a tiny mailbox in a row of mailboxes that bills slide into but packages could never grace. Every so often instead of those efficiently sized business envelopes, my heart leaps to see (even if it’s crammed in there) something else: large, mysteriously lumpy manila envelopes; colorful square envelopes; [...]

Some would say there is nothing quite like the pleasure of receiving what we now call ‘snail mail’ from a pen pal abroad. But do we have to sacrifice online speed and efficiency to achieve this ideal when communicating with pen pals? The patter of crisp white envelopes falling on to the mat, the expectation [...]