Start writing letters. Thank you notes, love letters, poems if you dare; give and ye shall receive. It’s a good habit to get ...

Thu, June 17, 2021 at 7:36 PM UTC Given the ubiquity of Zoom calls and excess screen time, this form of "slow communication" is the antithesis of digital communication, and thus a cathartic practice I ...

It helps me say hello to spring - and shed the old me every year.

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

Is letter writing a dying art? Not so fast. In today’s day and age, retro is cool again. Nostalgia is huge, and brands are increasingly marketing nostalgia to consumers who want to return to the 1990s ...

Professors at my former seminary in Kentucky were obsessed with fountain pens. Coming from New Mexico, where my teachers had sported ripped jeans, bandanas, and Teva sandals, I initially found this ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) suggests that handwriting practice refines fine-tuned motor skills and creates a perceptual-motor experience that appears to help adults learn ...

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old... If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it ...

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