Write more letters (or postcards).

I pulled out a bunch of postcards based on movie posters that someone gave me and started thinking about sending a few. Then I wondered how to match the movie with the man (or woman or child) receiving them. Who should get “Gone With the Wind”? And what does it say if you send someone a postcard from “The Graduate” or “Rebel Without A Cause” ? What are you saying about the person and how they live their life? Or are you saying anything?

Maybe I should pick up some postcards of the Bell Tower at U-M or downtown Ann Arbor on a summer’s evening. Those won’t have the double meaning that the movie poster postcards seem to carry.

Email’s grand. IM’s speedy. But letters last so long. And finding one in your mailbox is such a treat.

They need not be long. They need not be newsy. They need not be well punctuated. They need only express love and make a connection.

My hope is that I will write at least one a week to family or friends or professional colleagues.