On Monday, Emerson watched Doug emerge from his mail truck carrying two boxes full of letters addressed to Emerson, written by postal workers from around the country. “A lot of them responded ...

To kick off this year's Month of Letters, Kirby gave the readers of XO Jane her post-office box and the promise ... are using digital tools to seek out old-fashioned pen friends.

A letter arrived a few weeks ago, an honest-to-God old-fashioned letter tucked in an ... I have, in an upstairs closet, a small wooden box that is a miniature hope chest (another anachronism ...

I’m talking about the old-fashioned art of sitting down ... only to open the box and find a letter from Kim! I kept them for the longest time but eventually lost track of them.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When closing a letter, I use the formula my grandfather ... Is such a closing too old-fashioned to be any longer borne? Am I an old fussbudget? Am I offending people?

The envelope reached its destination despite the sender omitting the address A letter simply addressed to “Mr James Holland, well known historian, Wiltshire” reached its destination thanks to ...